1 I guess if you try really hard to not believe in Iran, it will just go away?

2 I just love how it's been the MSM and liberals that have generated this "image of a bad presidency" over the last few years... only to now act surprised and demand action be taken on this "image of a bad presidency".

Strawman, anyone?

3 Are there any bounds of decency these liberal elitists won't trample upon? God save the nation!

4 Even Fox News agrees:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192468,00.html

5 Interestingly, Bush's poll #s track closely with gas prices.

Not sure how he's "severely weakened," though. Sounds more like someone at E&P is severely delusional and paranoid.

I do believe it is much more likely than most people think that Bush will be assassinated. The media pretty much ignored the unsuccessful attempt on his life in the republic of Georgia, which failed only because the grenade thrown at him was a dud.

6 Interestingly, Bush's poll #s track closely with gas prices.

Not sure how he's "severely weakened," though. Sounds more like someone at E&P is severely delusional and paranoid.

I do believe it is much more likely than most people think that Bush will be assassinated. The media pretty much ignored the unsuccessful attempt on his life in the republic of Georgia, which failed only because the grenade thrown at him was a dud.

7 Yankee, who do you hate more? G-dless Liberals or the Terrorists?

8 Not sure how he's "severely weakened," though. Sounds more like someone at E&P is severely delusional and paranoid.

Poll numbers are a much used and influential indicator. As much as politians say they don't listen to the polls, they listen to the polls.

I do believe it is much more likely than most people think that Bush will be assassinated. The media pretty much ignored the unsuccessful attempt on his life in the republic of Georgia, which failed only because the grenade thrown at him was a dud.

Who believes the president will be assasinated? How can you say such a thing?

And, the attempt on the presidents life in Georgia was not ignored by the media at all. You get a number of things wrong here. First, the news that a grenade was found 100 feet from the podium where the president was speaking was not released until 24 hours after the fact. Second, when it was released, it was done by the Georgian Security serives, which apparently did not report the event correctly. (The grenade was "found" on the ground, not thrown, and was "not live", "a dud". There was no video of the event of course, at least, none was released to the media.

Finally, a week later, the FBI released the results of their findings, which were in stark contrast to the Georgian services information.

FBI Agent Bryan Paarmann was charged with finding the truth...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/18/bush.georgia/

"A hand grenade was tossed in the general direction of the main stage and landed within 100 feet of the podium," Paarmann said in the statement on the U.S. Embassy's Web site.

"From initial qualified inspection, this hand grenade appears to be a live device that simply failed to function due to a light strike on the blasting cap induced by a slow deployment of the spoon activation device," Paarmann added in the statement.

In Washington, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush was fully briefed on the situation Tuesday evening and again Wednesday morning, the second time by FBI Director Robert Mueller and Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff.

The device was inspected by Georgian and American experts, who will complete a report on the incident, the statement said.

The grenade was wrapped in a "dark tartan-colored cloth," the embassy statement said.

"We consider this act to be a threat against the health and welfare of both the president of the United States and the president of Georgia as well as the multitude of Georgian people that had turned out at the event," the statement added.

All indicators at the time from the White House were that the incident was not to be heavily covered.

For what it's worth, on average, there are several attempts on the presidents life every year, and the Secret Service prefers to keep such information close to the vest. We simply do not hear about them, which is as it should be. When we do hear about it, as in the Georgia attempt, it's because the action has gone public. But, even so, the Secret Service and the FBI make concerned attempts to keep the information guarded, in order to maintain a proper investigation. In this case, it seems to have worked as it should.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/07/20/world/main710460.shtml

Now, whether the Georgians are to be trusted to actually deliver the actual assassin or set someone up to take the fall to appease the situation is an entirely different issue...

9 Mitchell's the south end of a northbound horse. He basically wants the media to start wringing their hands and say "The sky is falling!" Like they haven't been doing that for the last five years.

10 "urge the media to gin up outrage and hysteria"
Tell me, how is that different from what they, the media, already do? One of the media's main problems is that they have cried 'wolf' falsely so many times that in a real crisis, many will not listen to them.

11 Does anyone remember the nut-case that crashed a small plane on the White House lawn, killing himself while the Clintons weren't home? Any POTUS knows that there is a Hinckley in every hedge, and if it were not for the Secret Service, the Capitol Police, FBI, our votes wouldn't matter, as a loony could destroy any democracy that we have.

12 Mitchell should be careful what he asks for...considering the "dark lord" Cheney is VP.

3 years of Cheney as prez would be acceptable to me.