Isn't it strange that if you consume mainstream media you can walk around thinking that this isn't true?
If you listen only to 'snarling head' radio or FAUX NOISE NETWORK you can completely live in Bushista Happy World.
It really is weird. It's like an unhallucination: not seeing what IS there.

"The Damage to Bush Is Enormous"

Republican Senators foiled a Democratic bid to have Congress criticize President George W. Bush's troop increase in Iraq. But with a clear majority of politicians on Capitol Hill opposing the White House's war strategy, is this a defeat for the president or for the Democrats? German dailies take a closer look.

Uncle Sam doesn't seem to know what he wants these days. The US House of Representatives gave President George W. Bush something of a bloody nose late last week but in the end the Senate blocked a Democratic resolution criticizing his policy in Iraq.

The House of Representatives had passed a motion by 246 votes to 182 on Friday, which criticized the decision to increase troop numbers in Iraq by 21,500 soldiers.

Democrats, who now control both Houses of Congress following the mid-term elections in 2006, had hoped that the Senate would pass the same motion during a rare Saturday session. The resolution needed the support of a total of 60 out of 100 senators. In the end it fell four votes short, with only 56 voting in favor and 34 against.

Both Congressional resolutions were non-binding and the White House was quick to dismiss the votes. However, it makes it clear that a majority of politicians on Capitol Hill oppose the US strategy in Iraq...http://tinyurl.com/2b9nsv [Open in new window]