Chimpy describes Iraq as a "catastophic success"

[joanne]

Can Dumbya get any dumber?

Bush also acknowledged in the interview that the administration did not anticipate the nature of the resistance in Iraq, and he said that was his greatest mistake in office. "Had we had to do it over again," he said, "we would look at the consequences of catastrophic success, being so successful so fast that an enemy that should have surrendered or been done in escaped and lived to fight another day."

Democrats tried Sunday to exploit that acknowledgement. "The president is now describing his Iraq policy as a catastrophic success," Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards said in Washington. "I, like most Americans, have no idea what that means. but it is long past time for this president to accept personal responsibility for his failures and for his performance." Edwards said the Iraq war "has clearly been a failure."

:crazy:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45145-2004Aug29.html

[nostamj]

1. sounds like..

a FATAL RECOVERY

DUers.... I'm sure you're got more...

[TrustingDog]

3. the ole oxy: Military Intelligence.

[nostamj]

4. or, to rhyme with dumbo chimp

there's always JUMBO SHRIMP

[movonne]

5. Is he preparing us to find out that we have lost Iraq, and on the

way to losing Afghanistan. We are in such a mess and no visible way to get out. Sometimes I think just leave, but feel that we cannot leave that country in shambles.

[Eloriel]

2. I saw the clip of Edwards' comment

so funny.

[jimshoes]

6. Is that the opposite of

marvelous failure?

[soupkitchen]

7. takes one to know one

[joanne]

8. It's an oxymoron

With emphasis on the "moron" :silly:

[krkaufman]

9. More doublethink from our Orwellian nightmare (p)Resident

Yet another intentionally deceptive phrase from the Oxymoron.

Clear Skies
Healthy Forests
Compassionate Conservative

[LisaL]

10. Don't forget

He likes to say he is Spreading Peace all around the world.
:puke:

[krkaufman]

14. He's certainly spreading something.

[Tight_rope]

11. AW LORD!...

[liberalmuse]

12. Well that certainly sums up his Presidency...

and his entire life, 'A catostrophic success'. It looks like Satan has some serious competition.

[OneBlueSky]

13. if it is, it's his second one . . .

the first was his "election" . . .

[AgadorSparticus]

15. ...............what do you say to something like this?....................

he is just too stupid for words. :wow::wow::wow::wow:

[ConsAreLiars]

16. Since "catastrophic" has more than two syllables

most of the conned true believers will assume it means something akin to "magnificent" or "supercalifragelistic."

[Junkdrawer]

22. ROTFLOL. Our very own "Norm Crosby" pretzeldent.

http://shtick.org/NormCrosby/norm36.htm

[LisaL]

17. I think it should be

a successful catastrophe.

[Cat Atomic]

18. I think he's found the perfect title for his memoirs.

[rhite5]

19. I like that - "the perfect title for his memoirs."

But then maybe it makes perfect sense to him --- if his goal in the first place was to create a catastrophe.

[JSJ]

20. his redneck base loves these kinds of gaffes n/t

[Ishoutandscream]

31. Sadly, you make a good point.

nt

[Insomnicole]

21. hmmmm...

I think maybe Bush meant to say "The operation was a success, but the patient died."

[Killarney]

23. Great line by Edwards.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. The First Thing I Thought When I Read Your Title. . .

. . .was "Could this guy be any stupider?" Then i opened your message and that was essentially your first line! I guess it's patently obvious, that the answer is YES! He can get even stupider.
The Professor

[randr]

25. Another example of the Rove strategy

Take a negative perception--the war is a catastrophy-- and spin it to reflect a positive perception---catastrophic success.
A little bit of honey makes the medicine go down!
Republicans are addicted to these oxymorons as they enable them to live with their hypocracy.
Compassionate Conservative is the prime example.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

26. aka a "Successful Catastrophe"

as lizzy said in post #17

[gottaB]

27. iirc, the phrase was first uttered by Rumsfeld

eom

[Wickerman]

28. Tommy Franks actually, and it wasn't in a positive light

http://www.omaha.com/toolbox/story_printer.php?u_id=1164825

Franks warned of chaos before Iraq war started



THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

NEW YORK - The U.S. general who routed Saddam Hussein's army in three weeks warned before the invasion that a quick victory could lead to a "catastrophic success" because the United States was not prepared for postwar anarchy in Iraq.

[gottaB]

29. Rumsfeld on Friday, April 11, 2003 --

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1680296#1681910


If Rumsfeld recalled the phrase from Franks' admonitions (I wouldn't doubt that at all--good catch), surely his explanation of it was inspired.

And now our pResident parrots the ravings of this lunatic. Brilliant.

[Wickerman]

30. Whichever way it was first teased out

Bush has lived up to his dull promise by echoing the disaster as a positive. Clueless is as Clueless does.

[skypilot]

32. I can only hope...

...that his bid for re-election is as catastrophically successful as his war in Iraq.

[coalition_unwilling]

33. If this is sucess . . .

I'd hate to see what 'failure' looks like.

This label, 'catastrophic success', stems from Straussian influences on the NeoCon cabal, i.e., language need not serve to (or even strive to) represent the truth, but instead becomes just another tool in a quasi-Nietzchean "Lust for Power"

[coalition_unwilling]

34. If this is sucess . . .

I'd hate to see what 'failure' looks like.

This label, 'catastrophic success', stems from Straussian influences on the NeoCon cabal, i.e., language need not serve to (or even strive to) represent the truth, but instead becomes just another tool in a quasi-Nietzchean "Lust for Power"