There are more legs to this torture tale than anyone first imagined.
Apparently Rummy is a bit more deeply involved in the process than he
has let on to date.

It's too bad it had to be something like this, but if it helps bring
down Bush, hey...

That's ridiculous, Harry. How could you possibly say that? That rivals NOYB's
"make them f*** a pig" post. You guys in a contest to see who can say the most
outrageously inappropriate things?

A statement that "it really doesn't matter what happens to the country as long
as Bush completes his self destruction" is just as bad as the neocons saying
that no matter *what* GWB does, it will be the right thing and good for
America.

I'm delighted to see Bush's approval rating sink into the low 40's this week,
(Rasmussen), but sad to see the events and unresolved issues that are bringing
him down to that level. When Bush goes down the toilet, he takes a lot of the
country and even a lot of the free world with him. That's extremely
regrettable, not something that should simply be considered acceptable
collateral damage.

Sadder yet, as disgusted as all but the R party diehards and the Limbaugh
dittoheads are becoming with Bush- your party has put up the weakest candidate
since George McGovern.

Not all the independents in this country are as liberal as I am. Many of them
will decide that the predictable screwing we'll take from four more years of
Bush beats the unknown screwing we'd take from Kerry. Once again, I'll be
reduced to voting *against* Bush because you Democrats can't field a decent
candidate.

Bush's current problems are bad news for him and the Republicans, but worse
news for the country. Putting in a slick, professional gladhander like Kerry
will stop
the damage being done by the radical right- but I fear we'll be trading one
tribe of special interest thieves for another.

Get your buds at the DNC to convice Kerry to pull out for personal or health
reasons.
(Maybe one of his old war scratches will start acting up.) Not too soon,
though- (Let the Bush team spend another $100mm trashing Kerry and making
themselves look hateful and silly in the process first). Convince McCain to
switch parties and you'll walk away with this thing. Barring that, nominate a
leader with intelligence, compassionate ethics, and integrity- we sorely need a
new president in this country and that's the kind of person we need.

If you guys will put up a reasonable candidate, you won't have to say that it
somehow doesn't matter what terrible crap lands on our country as long as it
unseats George Bush. Things won't have to get any worse than they are right
now, and GWB will be getting a gift certificate from Bekins for Christmas.

Best of all possible worlds? The country solves some of our current problems
and the Bush *still* gets pruned come fall. :-)

Looks like we disagree, again.