The way back machine

A few days ago a commenter on Atrios (I think it might have been "Smitty" but I can't remember) linked to an old picture that had been posted on this site. The requests for such a picture actually started more than two years ago by me.

But at this point, I think it's instructive to go back to January 2005, fresh off his "reelection" to the point where Bush was in his prime of lying or being delusional:

January 5, 2005:

Super-Uber Blogger Atrios, has this reference from the Nelson Report ... that Dear Lear is essentially only in favor of "happy talk".

Bush makes clear that all he wants are progress reports, where they exist, and those facts which seem to support his declared mission in Iraq...building democracy. "That's all he wants to hear about," we have been told. So "in" are the latest totals on school openings, and "out" are reports from senior US military commanders (and those intelligence experts still on the job) that they see an insurgency becoming increasingly effective, and their projection that "it will just get worse."

Our sources are firm in that they conclude this "good news only" directive comes from Bush himself; that is, it is not a trap or cocoon thrown around the President by National Security Advisor Rice, Vice President Cheney, and DOD Secretary Rumsfeld. In any event, whether self-imposed, or due to manipulation by irresponsible subordinates, the information/intelligence vacuum at the highest levels of the White House increasingly frightens those officials interested in objective assessment, and not just selling a political message.

It's coming...the ball-bearing moment:



Why doesn't he steal some of Pickle's Xanax?

Picture made for me by Gary at Bibbs Revenge (appears not to exist anymore)