Distracter in Chief

[MountainLaurel]

Another good one from Gene Robinson:

What uncharted realm lies beyond brazen cynicism? A wasteland of utter shamelessness, perhaps? A vast Sahara of desperation, where principle goes to die? Someday George W. Bush and the Republican right will be able to tell us all about this barren terra incognita, assuming they ever find their way home.

The Decider's decision to whip up a phony crisis over same-sex marriage -- Values under attack! Run for your lives! -- is such a transparent ploy that even conservatives are scratching their heads, wondering if this is the best Karl Rove could come up with. Bush might as well open his next presidential address by giving himself a new title: The Distracter.

Let's check in on what's happening in the real world:

Iraq has become a charnel house for the victims of escalating sectarian slaughter. On Saturday, a car bomb killed 28 people in Shiite-dominated Basra, and hours later gunmen killed nine Sunni worshipers in a mosque. On Sunday, on a road near Baghdad, assassins pulled travelers out of their minivans, sorted them by faith, killed nearly two dozen Shiites and let the Sunnis go. Yesterday, men wearing police uniforms grabbed at least 56 people from bus stations and travel agencies in Baghdad and took them away -- no one knows why, no one knows where.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/05/AR2006060501282.html

[CrispyQ]

1. I see we have brought them our version of democracy:

"Yesterday, men wearing police uniforms grabbed at least 56 people from bus stations and travel agencies in Baghdad and took them away -- no one knows why, no one knows where."

[wordpix2]

2. the real world keeps interfering with BushRove's spin machine

The Distractors just can't seem to distract us or WaPo enough.

But Ann RevoltingCoulter keeps turning out her books about how idiotic the Dems are?!

[singe]

3. wall street journal poll

poll to participate in and you don't need to be a subscriber. i voted that we don need no stinkin amendments:

http://discussions.wsj.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=wsjvoices&nav=messages&msg=3906

[Deep13]

4. Look! Look at the shiney keys! Look over here! Ooooh, shiney! nt

[MountainLaurel]

5. And his base is going to do just that

Gives them the ability to not think about all the blood on their hands.

[tea and oranges]

6. These attacks provide cover

So we'll think they've whipped up their base and mobilized them to get to the polls, so they can steal elections.

[Rev.MinT.Phresh]

7. can you say ...smokescreen?

Sure... i knew you could. and don't you feel all the more special for it? sure you do. because you ARE special.. illegal wiretappi....GAY MARRAIGE!!! illegal war gone amokkkkk....GAY MARRAIGE IS EVIL!!! poll ratings dropppppping....GAY MARRAIGE IS EVIL AND SOMEONE'S GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!! soo veryy special.