Those who forget the past . . .

And here I was SSSOOOO proud of myself for going a whole week without any political garbage. Then, Bush has to go and delcare the Iraqi elections a "resounding success" before they're even over. I would think that he would have learned from his "Mission Accomplished" mistake. Aren't straight-talking-Texans like himself familiar with the old saying "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched"?

Even though the polls closed, there are still many things that could go wrong with the elections. Heck, look at all the problems vote tampering accusations have caused in the last 2 Presidential elections here! Couple that with the rediculous "inconsistencies" in the Afghan election, and does anyone honestly think the results of this election aren't going to be challenged? Plus, while I have no doubt that such a thing won't be allowed to happen, I just can't help but wonder: What if the winner of the election is someone the US really doesn't want in power in Iraq? What if whoever is elected tells the US to pull out? We've already publicly stated that we will pull our military out if asked to do so. So what happens if the newly elected gov't does exactly that? Especially since we've also already announced that we'll be there at least through 2006.

Bush is really getting ahead of himself (again). He's so incredibly eager to declare victory that he's not actually looking at reality. And he's just asking for something to occur that will require him to backpedal (again) and make up excuses (lies) to cover his arse, all the while making himself and our country look like foolish blowhards.