2) I cannot remember the last time I saw George Bush not wearing a red tie. Ties are a big deal in DC. "Red" is a "power color" -- when a candidate wears a red tie during a debate they are sending a message. Stupid, isn't it? Should just wander across the stage and piss on the other guy's pulpit, if you know what I mean. Anyhow, today was Day One for President Bush to have to do his job. He's not relaxed. His voice keeps winding up at the end of his sentences ... like one of those people who end everything they say as if they're asking a question. Anyhow, at the briefing with Speaker Elect Pelosi ... yellow tie.
I'm amazed I even noticed it, but it was so bright, so shiny, so sunshiny ... George, I got the message. You're trying to appear compliant, but your voice modulation betrays you. Do not be stubborn. There is no "Victory Scenario" in Iraq. We need to walk away, they need to get their shit together on their own with our assistance, not our influence. Fuck, they shouldn't even be in this mess, but now that we've broken it we must pay for it with practical solutions instead of sending more men and women into the gnashing teeth of your war machine.
Learn diplomacy, George ... diplomacy requires two things: patience and conviction.
Neither of which you have.
