ATTN: New Bush/Rove Iraq Spin/Re-branding Alert! Iraqi Oil Sharing Bill is now...

[Up2Late]

..."Hydro-Carbon Legislation!"

I was just re-listening to today's NPR interview with Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, and he tried to slip that little jewel past the NPR interviewer, here's the link:

<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9323362>

Text of the Negroponte interview is below:

JOHN NEGROPONTE: (In progress) – I've always thought of the political process in Iraq as unfolding in a period of months and years, not in a period of days and weeks. And if you look at where we started in 2003, and where we are now, I think there has been quite a bit of positive political evolution from an interim government to a transitional government, and now to a permanent government. So that would be one point.

The other point that I would make is that there has been progress, for example on hydrocarbons legislation. And work is being done on de-Ba'athification legislation. So I think what we could say is that politicians in Iraq are making a serious effort to come to grips with the difficult issues that confront them.

MELISSA BLOCK: Let me follow up on both of those issues.

MR. NEGROPONTE: Sure.

MS. BLOCK: The law that would distribute oil revenues among Iraqis, the hydrocarbons legislation you're talking about, that still hasn't been put before parliament.... (more text at link) <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9323362>

[Lasher]

1. Good for Melissa!

None of the Sunday talk show pundits would have called him on that.

[Up2Late]

2. Yup, if he'd said it on the Sunday shows, the host would be using that code word by now.

Sometimes the show hosts at NPR still surprise me.

[dajoki]

3. Where is his head?

In fairyland, like the rest of the dimwits in this administration.
And if you look at where we started in 2003, and where we are now, I think there has been quite a bit of positive political evolution from an interim government to a transitional government, and now to a permanent government.

[Up2Late]

4. He's living in Condi Land now.

Reality has rarely penetrated Condi Land.