"Bush Open To Suggestions On Iraq": Why Now?

Oh, yeah. Mid-term elections on November 7th, and 75 military deaths already this month.

Bush Open To Suggestions On Iraq
Plans To Consult With Top Generals About Escalating Violence

(CBS/AP) President Bush conceded Friday that "right now it's tough" for American forces in Iraq, but the White House said he would not change U.S. strategy in the face of pre-election polls that show voters are upset.

With Republicans anxious about the potential loss of Congress — and with conditions seemingly deteriorating in Iraq — Mr. Bush addressed the question of whether he would alter his policies.

"We are constantly adjusting our tactics so that we achieve the objective, and right now it's tough, it's tough," Mr. Bush said in an Associated Press interview.

Leave it to CBS/AP to publish this particular headline at this particular time, knowing full well that most readers never read the entire story. Buried way below the headline...

Mr. Bush, at a political fundraiser in Washington for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, railed against Democrats who criticize the war. Calling the Democrats the party of "cut and run," Mr. Bush said voters need to ask: "Which political party has a strategy for victory in this war on terror?' "

Open to suggestions?

Maybe on Planet OH RIGHT SURE.

Got change for a wooden nickel?

Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.