Iraq: Bringing Alan Simpson and Leon Panetta together.
David Broder, tricked out on Baker Commission goodness:
Whatever the final impact of the Iraq Study Group report being issued today, for the 10 commission members this was an exhilarating experience, a demonstration of genuine bipartisanship that they hope will serve as an example to the broader political world.
...Panetta concluded: "This is an opportunity to look at the realities we're confronting in Iraq. For too long, both sides have been trapped by their sound bites. I hope they realize that if they're going to govern this country, they have to work together."
Simpson was even more expansive. "This could be an example, not only of how to handle Iraq, but it could apply to immigration, Social Security and all those other things that have been hung up for so long. That's what this last election said: Get serious and get your work done."
Ohhhh. Yes. Somewhere, as I type, Leon Panetta and Alan Simpson are sharing a brandy. It is a good day in Broder-land. Meanwhile, here is the first article I got from typing "Iraq" into the Google News engine:
Ten American service members were killed in two improvised explosive device attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The news came hours after a mortar attack killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the Sadr City Shiite district of the capital, police said.
You can follow politics for years and never get past the disconnect.
Later: And here is Bush himself, fulminating over the bipartisanship of it all:
"This report will give us all an opportunity to find common ground for the good of the country -- not for the good of the Republican Party or the Democrat Party but for the good of the country," he said.
Talk about piling farce on top of tragedy.
Whatever the final impact of the Iraq Study Group report being issued today, for the 10 commission members this was an exhilarating experience, a demonstration of genuine bipartisanship that they hope will serve as an example to the broader political world.
...Panetta concluded: "This is an opportunity to look at the realities we're confronting in Iraq. For too long, both sides have been trapped by their sound bites. I hope they realize that if they're going to govern this country, they have to work together."
Simpson was even more expansive. "This could be an example, not only of how to handle Iraq, but it could apply to immigration, Social Security and all those other things that have been hung up for so long. That's what this last election said: Get serious and get your work done."
Ohhhh. Yes. Somewhere, as I type, Leon Panetta and Alan Simpson are sharing a brandy. It is a good day in Broder-land. Meanwhile, here is the first article I got from typing "Iraq" into the Google News engine:
Ten American service members were killed in two improvised explosive device attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The news came hours after a mortar attack killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the Sadr City Shiite district of the capital, police said.
You can follow politics for years and never get past the disconnect.
Later: And here is Bush himself, fulminating over the bipartisanship of it all:
"This report will give us all an opportunity to find common ground for the good of the country -- not for the good of the Republican Party or the Democrat Party but for the good of the country," he said.
Talk about piling farce on top of tragedy.
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That "Democrat Party" thing at the end is really something.
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