Something to think about I could write a lot about this, but I'll keep it short. Leftish bloggers say the media is too kind on Bush and the righties say the media never reports all the good things that are happening in Iraq. Clearly, Iraq is a debacle, Bush bears all the responsiblity, and I think he will go down in history as one of the worst presidents in the history of the U.S. of A. But that's beside the point.

Think back to Bush's 2000 campaign, all the bashing of the "Clintonian" nation building, of the idea that our military could go in to a country, help restore order and temporarily administer some humanitarian assistance and, to varying degrees, make the country a better place than it was prior to American involvement. Of course we all realize Bush's hyprocisy there. But what's quite ironic is that all of these rightwing bloggers, who also bashed this at one time, are now demanding the media report more stories on the successes of nation building! They love to post pictures of flowers growing in Iraq, new schools opening, and the various other results of billions and billions of American dollars pouring into inner-city Baghdad (and not, I might add, to our own cities). So, after we elect a Democratic president in 2008, can we still count on them to support nation building?  ¶ 9:33 PM