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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate?
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To: steve harris who wrote (8221)8/18/2006 5:59:06 PM
From: Skywatcher  Read Replies (3) of 9838
 
Bush Lowers Expectations on Iraq to Moderate Fiasco

Revises 'Mission Accomplished' to 'Mission Impossible'

Perhaps in response to the steady drumbeat of bad news coming out of
Iraq, President George W. Bush today attempted to lower expectations
about the situation there, telling reporters at a White House briefing that
the best-case scenario for Iraq is now "a moderate fiasco."

Mr. Bush acknowledged some errors in judgment about the war, including
posing in front of a banner that said "Mission Accomplished" when it
should have said "Mission Impossible."

But he lashed out at critics who called the invasion of Iraq a total
fiasco, saying, "If we continue to make progress at the rate we are
going, we will have a moderate fiasco on our hands."

The somewhat more sober assessment of the situation in Iraq comes just
days after a new poll was released showing that a majority of Americans
now hope that the Bush presidency turns out to be a dream sequence.

According to the survey, 57 percent of those polled say that they wish
the last five years turn out to be "just a weird dream," while 51
percent hold out hope that their mothers will come wake them up and tell
them it is time for school.

At the press briefing, Mr. Bush acknowledged that most Americans now
wish his presidency was imaginary, but said that he did not regret
invading Iraq even though no weapons of mass destruction existed.

"I'll go further than that," he said. "I would still invade Iraq even
if Iraq never existed."
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