No amount of dashing about the world in Air Force One is going to change the reality of what has happened since the Iraq War began.

To hear Bush rant on in Cleveland that the "media" is giving a false impression of what success the U.S. is enjoying in Iraq is absurd propaganda.  The very same day the former head of Iraq announced on TV for the world to see and hear, "If this isn't Civil War going on in Iraq, what is it?"

Can't these Republican robots that back the failed President no matter what he says or does wake up at long last?  Probably not!  They know they are winners of big pensions with high-paying jobs waiting for them in the challenging world of lobby activity.  

Then there are those lucrative tax cuts as well.  If they are the winners then who are the losers?  The U.S. taxpayers and military personnel in the danger zone, who else?