Groundhog Day

Haven't we heard this before?

President Bush plans to begin a series of speeches next week again explaining the administration's strategy for winning the war in Iraq, as the White House returns to a familiar tactic to allay growing public pessimism about the war that has helped keep the president's approval rating near its historic low.

A loose translation: Iraq is ablaze, approval ratings are downright Nixonian, time to make a speech about how great things are!

The Bush administration has a strategy for spinning the abyssmal mess we all knew this misadventure was going to turn out to be from the beginning, but none for dealing with the destruction and loss of countless Iraqi and American lives. Bush continues to butcher the English language while Baghdad burns.