The money shot, right at the very end of the interview;
"I think this war policy, ahh, where we are today, and the continuation of this policy is the biggest foreign policy blunder in the history of our nation ..."
As the description of the video from Tullycast notes;
"Senator Chuck Hagel joins Bill by satellite and lets it rip."
And boy, does Hagel let it rip ... With heavy, steel-toed construction boots, he stomps on the Republicans, the Administration and The Commander Guy ...
"Over the past two and a half years, I have seen tyranny, dishonesty, corruption, and depravity of types I never thought possible," Gonzales said at a Hispanic Heritage Month ceremony at Bolling Air Force Base. "I've seen things I didn't know man was incapable of ..."
Following The Commander Guy's delusional rambling last night, the iron is as hot as ever for the Democrats to strike ... And, Lord, knows, there's ample violations that can be charged against the Bush Grindhouse (wading through those may be the bigger part of the problem).
What's to lose?
Quite likely, a majority of the country will rally behind you.
The consequences of not removing this rogue administration is that, should a Dem win the 2008 Presidential Election, they will be inheriting all the bullshit that has been built up ... Over 100,000 troop still in Iraq ... The diminished standing and integrity of United States of America around the world (I'd place a bet that many of our international friends would stand and cheer at Impeachment hearings being called)
The Garlic has had an open invitation out there since July, absent of any Congressional action - A Citizen's Arrest.
And for you, Ms. Speaker of the House, pulling up my best Ronald Reagan imitation - "Sit Down At That Table!"
9. Part of a new commercial: "Return On Success - Apply Directly To Your Forehead ... Return On Success - Apply Directly To Your Forehead ... Return On Success - Apply Directly To Your Forehead
8. Just a prelude to new nickname - The Success Guy
At least two Constitutional protections are subject to revocation during a state of emergency:
* The right of habeas corpus, under Article 1, Section 9; * The right to a Grand Jury for members of the National Guard when in actual service, under 5th Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
Two of seven soldiers (Buddhika Jayamaha, Wesley D. Smith, Jeremy Roebuck, Omar Mora, Edward Sandmeier, Yance T. Gray and Jeremy A. Murphy) who wrote the great Op-Ed, "The War As We Saw It", were killed in action on Monday.
The tragic loss of these two soldiers, as well as the 3,000+, and the scores-of-thousands of Iraqis, certainly begs answers to the questions General Extraordinaire David Petraeus - as well as the Bush Grindhouse - couldn't answer during his testimony this week.
Asking for more time, another six-months, so that, maybe, possibly, something good will happen, doesn't do anything now, for Sgt Mora or Sgt. Gray.
And, rather then offering some bland, boiler-plate response to The Commander Guy this evening, after his televised snow job on announcing a troop pullout - that was already scheduled to occur - the Democratic response should be to read"The War As We Saw It"to the country.
But then again, the country doesn't need to be convinced what a nightmare Iraq is, and how we should be out of there.
Perhaps they should convene for a Joint Session of Congress and read it there.
Update/Must Read Bonus Link
Here's a pretty good assessment "from conditions on the ground", as the Bush Grindhouse likes to say, on the Surge and Anbar Strategy
"I can't go on with the scene. I'm too happy. Do you mind, Mr. DeMille, if I say a few words? Thank you. I just want to tell you how happy I am to be back in the studio making a picture again. You don't know how much I've missed all of you. And I promise you I'll never desert you again, because after "Salome" we'll make another picture, and another and another.
You see, this is my life. It always will be. There's nothing else - just us and the cameras and those wonderful people out there in the dark... All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."
And instead of making pictures, they're making wars.
The last, worn-out, over-used, broken and tattered shoe drops this evening, when The Petraeus Plan becomes The Bush Plan, and our Commander Guy runs through his infomercial for the continued selling of his invasion and occupation of Iraq.
"Unlike the politicians who metaphorically hide behind the grunts, Patraeus literally lives behind a human shield of GI's ... He's an opportunist and after listening to him for two days it's clear he's either delusional or a compulsive liar ..."
Opportunist?
Petraeus makes Eve Harrington, from "All About Eve" fame, look like a patient in a coma compared to his clawing his way to the top.
Apparently the Surge Master has some plans for politics in the not-too-distant future.
With the way things are going in Iraq, likely, we'll be giving the General a "Thank you for playing, and here's some lovely parting gifts to take along with you, including the Home Edition of "Invading and Occupying Iraq".
That is, if the Bush Grindhouse doesn't bury him like they have the generals before him.
To quote from the article, Admiral William Fallon, chief of the Central Command (CENTCOM) thought of Golden Boy Petraeus as "an ass-kissing little chickenshit".
"The United States gave serious consideration to bringing additional charges in this matter," prosecutors wrote in a memo filed in court yesterday. "In the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, the United States has decided not do so."
7. Advancing the ideal of democracy and self-government can be achieved in other ways, not just fighting
6. We'll fight whoever we can fight ... Wherever we can fight'em!
5. We don't have to fight them ... We can "Surge'em"... And we'll Surge'em over there, not over here
4. Forget what I said before ... We'll fight them there, instead of over here ...
3. We'll "Progress" them ... Progressing them is even better then fighting them ... We can show Progress all the time ... Never get tired ... Fighting them all the time, we'll get tired ...
2. We'll fight the mushroom cloud... See, it's a cloud ... A cloud shaped like a mushroom ... And we need to fight it before it becomes the form of a mushroom cloud ... Before it takes the shape of a mushroom cloud ...
Perhaps I was bleary-eyed, and beaten down by the PetraeusReportpalooza, or over-anxious at having to ignore the daily, back-to-back 'Family Feud' viewing ritual, in an effort not to miss one surge-pulsing moment of the hearing today ...
How's about nearly seven-hours of "things are improving", "need more time" and the touting of a troop withdrawal next spring, one that would be taking place anyway (unless the Pentagon was taking the bold step of classifying soldiers as indentured servants), as if the Bush Grindhouse was actually listening to the country as to ending this nightmare.
We turn the floor over to the voices of others ...
