What do you call it when the state Republican Party conducts a study on how to win the upcoming elections, and the report's publication widens the rift in the party?  You call it Virginia.

It isn't easy being Red (Republican red) in today's political atmosphere.  Just ask the Republican party in my own state, Vermont.

On today's Face the Nation, Condoleezza Rice said:

The idea that somehow this was a peaceful relationship with Saddam Hussein, and if we had just let him be, the world would have been fine, I find is not a very sustainable argument.

On today's Meet the Press, Dick Cheney said:

But the fact is, the world is better off today with Saddam Hussein out of power. Think where we'd be if he was still there.

I'm sure you recognize the name Jim Corsi from his slimy association with the Swift Boat Vets' smear of John Kerry, and maybe from WTW pieces examining his character. (See here for example)

You probably didn't realize that Jim Corsi was a Renaissance Man, but wow!

With emphasis added:

"I think that the record will show that the last five years have been years of reorganizing our international alliances for this long war and reorienting our strategic policy toward one that simply will not accept the conditions in the Middle East and in other places that have allowed extremism to flourish at the expense of moderation.

[Hmmmm.  If you have the right to "refuse to accept" conditions over there, does that mean that people "over there" have the right to refuse to accept conditions over here?]

If this turns out to be true, or even credible, there is no justification in the known universe for Rumsfeld's continued role as Secretary of Defense or even toilet bowl licker.

I certainly don't look to Fox news, or its on-air "personalities," for truth or objectivity.  But incoherence shouldn't be the norm even for Fox.  Should it?

Come on, take a guess. A hint, it's really, really, really, really BIG. It's about money...

Like so many Republican officeholders who attained their office primarily by packaging themselves as "plain speakers," California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks not only plainly, but in simplistic terms that rely largely on stereotypes.  Sort of like high school sophomores.

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