And this is good? Shrub as his press conference today, "I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It was pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future." Soooo.....people in Iraq are more optimistic than people here? And this is supposed to make me feel better because? (the Iraqi poll he was talking about is two months old, and the situation has gotten a wee bit worse since then, so it is possible that Americans are less pessimistic now than the Iraqis)

And here's what Rummy sez about democracy and elections, "Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country. But in some places you couldn't because the violence was too great. Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet."

Now, that's the Rummy that we know and love to hate. What a fucking asshole. "Nothing's perfect in life." Keep that in mind from now until November 2nd.