In live speeches on CSPAN yesterday, I heard McCain and Leibermen report on a war that was so vastly different from any other reports coming out of there I felt like knocking my head against a wall to see if my brains were loose. According to these two the "new" war is a huge success. Iraq is becoming a country where life is pretty much normal again, the various factions are beginning to get together to forge a unity government, and Al Queda is fleeing. Both men admitted the folly of past mistakes by the Bush adminsitration, but they reacted to Bush's "new" strategy with the fervor of a born again.

It is beyond me how anyone could be so totally convinced of this. They sound like sleazy but loyal salesmen attached to a company that sells goods about to be recalled.

I don't want to think guys like McCain and Lieberman would INTENTIONALLY use their influence to prop up a war that is surely going to fail, but what other conclusion can you come to? They both are trailing in the poles. They both are trying woo hawkish voters.

McCain looks sick to me, all puffed up and tense, and he gave an awful speech really, reading from his text with the enthusiasm of an old Catholic priest delivering a sermon he'd written years ago.

McCain and Leibermen are has-beens, but they sure did a number on reality yesterday. If you listen to them Iraq is beginning to look a lot like the Emerald City.