[ronald_reagan]

Which, I think, is what I was suggesting: if I ask the guy who builds the swimming pook why its leaking, he says, "Well, my concrete is flawless..."

You must be speaking from your own nature, not those of respectable men and women around the world.

Adding to the good news today, Congressman Murtha, harsh critic of the war who voted against the surge and as recently as last month was saying the surge didn't work, said at a press conference today (after returning from Iraq) that the surge has worked and is working.

On a side note, Bush pointed out yesterday that the Iraqi government is nearly done with their budget, while Democrats in congress have passed about 10% of theirs, and are already over 1 month into the FY2008. If it weren't for stop gap and continuing resolutions, the government would be shut down at this point.