Shorter Kristol

Dubya could fuck up a wet dream. And he's right. But his comments highlight the "True Believerism" of the anti-reality right: conservative policies never fail, only conservative politicians do. Thus, no matter how disastrous the consequences of conservative governance may be, it is always a result of failed execution, not failed ideas. Nothing short of a lightning strike between the eyes could shock these wingnuts back to sanity.

Think Progress

Today on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol said that conservatives have come to believe the Bush administration is incompetent:

BILL KRISTOL: I think it’s become in people’s minds an emblem of the administration that just isn’t as serious about the competent execution of the functions of government as it should be. And even — I’m struck talking to conservatives and Republicans — they agree with the president on basic political philosophy, the they agree with his basic policy agenda, but they are worried that they just don’t seem to be able to execute as well as they should be.

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