THE REMINDER IN CHIEF

GEORGE BUSH SPOKE before another tough crowd of soldiers again and again and again in Korea today (APPLAUSE)  In case they forgot (APPLAUSE), he reminded them and anyone else covering the event (LAUGHTER) that he (APPLAUSE) is sinking in the polls the commander in chief (APPLAUSE) (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE) [White House transcript]

PARENTHETICALLY the White House intersperses  a message or two between the more important message that the President gets a good response (APPLAUSE) from soldiers and that he has a light touch (LAUGHTER) that all kinds of pre picked people love.  We the good guys will fight the evildoers them over there and there and there so we don’t have to fight them here.

AND BRIEFLY  . . . enemy . . . innocent . . . killers . . . madness . . . murder . . . retreat . . . not on my watch . . . victory (APPLAUSE) . . . freedom . . . honor . . .  tyrants . . . jihad, islamofascisct, Zawahiri . . . here, there, everywhere . . . stand up comedy, stand down in the polls . . . tyrants, would be tyrants . . . free. . . free  . . free . . .(ECHO) May God bless you all. 

JOSH MARSHALL HAS a terrible haircut a more extended analysis

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?  When did will it happen?