Baghdad Bob

No, not that one... the sane one - Bob Schieffer.

Daily Kos: Bob Schieffer's Walter Cronkite Moment

I am still not sure that I believe it: The Iraqi parliament is going on vacation during the month of August.

The White House offers the lame excuse that, after all, Baghdad is hot in August – sometimes 130 degrees.

May I ask a follow-up?

How much hotter do you suppose it is if you are a wearing a helmet, full body armor, carrying ammunition and walking foot patrols through Baghdad?

The last I heard, that is how American troops are spending their August in Iraq.

For me, this does it.

LBJ had, at least, the presence of mind to realize, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the country."

Dubya's mind, on the other hand, is nusquam - nowhere. Not noway, not nohow. Ex nihilo nihil fit - nuthin' from nuthin' leaves nuthin'. 0 x 0 = 0. An empty mind is a terrible thing to waste on a preznit.

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