“President Bush said today "it remains critical" that the United States help Iraq defeat the enemy in Iraq. This comes amid polls that show widespread dissatisfaction with the Bush administration's policies in Iraq. Bush spoke at a press conference about how the United States is adapting its tactics in the war. “—CNN.com

The headline above was Wednesday's news.

The day before the White House had announced that there would be “no dramatic Iraq policy shift”, meaning that they had no intention of changing the status quo. Later that same day though, after Tuesday’s polls came in, the White House announced that they were working with the Iraqi government to get a timetable for turning over control of the country to them.

Seems like a dramatic shift to me…especially since on Wednesday, Bush’s Press Secretary announced that the Bush was going to ‘stop using’ the phrase ‘no dramatic Iraq policy shift’.

Well, as Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina correctly noted, “Iraq is on the verge of choas, and the current plan is not working.”

Most of the American people seem to think so as well, according to the polls.

You see, the Department of Defense has finally admitted that they underestimated the possibility of insurgency in Iraq after unseating Saddam. They said that their advisors from Iraq told them, when they were planning for the war, that the Iraqi people would celebrate being liberated from Saddam, and would probably welcome Coalition Forces—even see them as saviors.

So much for those Iraqi advisors.

If you don’t know, the Sunni and Shiite Muslim sects are on the verge of civil war in Iraq. Once again, age old grudges have surfaced, and could result in armed conflict. Saddam is credited with keeping a firm hand over the two, preventing civil war much sooner.

In any case, I wonder if God/Allah has sanctioned this budding war. I wonder if anyone on either side has even taken the time to consult Him.

Anyway, I digress…

I intended to discuss the repeated disregard for the intellect of the American people by the current Administration. Like any other form of disrespect, they think they can tell us anything, switch the pitch daily, and we’ll buy it--because we’re too stupid to remember what they’ve done during the last two years.

It’s not that I can fault the current Administration for attempting to keep control of Congress. Power is very seductive, and with the control of the White House and Congress, the Republicans have a lot of power.

It’s just that I get so tired of being taken for a fool. How could we not see that all of this political commotion about Iraq is to cajole us into voting Republican?

The good news is that the polls and the ballot box appear to matter to this Administration. Probably, the sole reason that we’ve gotten as much action in Iraq in the last week, is because the polls show disapproval, and our next trip to the ballot box is imminent. I guess politicians are just as afraid of losing their jobs as we common folk are…

Which gives me an idea. Maybe we should hold elections every six months…that way, WE’d gain more power. And, just maybe, with a faster turnover, we get things done twice as fast as we do now.

Yes, time just might be the crux of the problem. In that case, I’d vote for an amendment to the Constitution…if an elected official gets lower than a 50% rating in the polls for three consecutive months, he’s up for reelection in six months—no matter what. Let’s have no mercy, like they did to us when gas prices were $3.25 per gallon and rising…

Then let’s see how many alcoholic, pedophilic Congressmen we keep, how high gas prices go, and how quickly we settle global conflicts we become involved in.

Our elected officials would have to work under pressure—just like most of us do, on our jobs, every day.

What a concept!

Wendi