Except now the president is prepared to argue that he was with the unsatisfied majority. Here's a follow-up: what does that say about Bush's opinion of the one-third of Americans who bought into the White House line and told pollsters that they approved of how the war was going?

--Steve Benen

Yeah, that's right, Bush knows you're all either fellating tools or outright suckers, Fox News style. Keep on "rooting for your team" while your pocket gets picked, your cat gets kicked, and your child gets the raw end of the deal, either as a bloodied soldier of endless war, or as a penniless waif in toxic world. You know you like it, McMansion, SUV and wide screen TV. It's all good in the 'hood!

Fear me this suckas'! Try to focus on what's real and what's really scary. You can do it, if only for a few seconds at a time, like the "programming" on TV has conditioned you for. But at least try dammit! Come on and say it, "I was played and I was wrong." It only hurts a little to admit. Face it fools, you ain't ever gonna be one of Bush's base, "the haves and have mores" no matter how much you wanna to win that Powerball.