January 16, 2007
Putting It Up
All of us here at Dakota are having trouble getting organized. Lest you think we have gone under, we will slap up some stuff haphazardly in hopes that you will read the clickies rather than the ramblings.
First, it doesn't look like the Pres convinced anyone with the surgical speech. His overall ratings dropped 3 points, from 37 to 34%, and he is more unpopular than ever. Bush even told Jim Lehrer , "If I had to take an opinion poll on Iraq I'd say 'No, I don't approve of what's taking place'. "
Atrios reminds us that when Clinton's ratings hit the low fifties, there was a call for his resignation. Hark, do we hear the call?
Meanwhile, The Dick has been busy demonizing Iran, and idealizing Scooter. ("I believe he's one of the more honest men I know." which may, for once, be true.)
Competence and courage has not been rewarded in this political climate. Jebediah Reed reviewed the current status of journalists who have written about the war(s), correctly and incorrectly. Seems that the blind and the lying have been wildly overcompensated, and the prescient left to hobble along, unacknowledged.
And that's it. Just put it up girl!
Photo note: a complicated picture. light and shadow, up and down