[The G Man]

Interesting. I was hoping they'd go for broke for Rummy as I strongly suspect it would backfire on them. I think John Q. Public is actually a bit resentful of all the media coverage of this prisoner abuse story. I think everyone's a bit ashamed and knows we have to take our lumps, but the double standard the world is holding us to is painfully obvious to most everyone.

[mombonn]

I think John Q. Public is actually a bit resentful of all the media coverage of this prisoner abuse story.

John Q Public has already been indoctrinated - my husband's son-in-law made the following statement last night, "Seems like just about everything has gone wrong since Bush became president".

I pointed out that 9/11 would have happened if Daffy Duck had been president, that it had been planned long before Bush was elected.

[maryz]

I was hoping they'd go for broke for Rummy as I strongly suspect it would backfire on them.

Whenever they let loose, it always does seem to backfire on them, doesn't it? (One poll I saw said 85% felt the 9/11 commission was mere partisanship.) But I wouldn't have thought Kerry was smart to realize this -- oh, wait, he doesn't. He just sees his own claimed "atrocities" in Viet Nam coming back to bite him. (Wonder what kind of mail/email he's getting from Viet Nam veterans . . .)

[7thson]

I get this feeling also. I have listened to talk radio the last couple days and the overwhelming response is support for Rummy.