[C. Edmund Wright]

But I don’t remember a discussion about the free flow of oil. ‘Regime change - Saadam’s gotta go!’; ‘Gotta get rid of WMD’s’; ‘We’re fighting them there so we don’t have to fight them here’...Dosen’t seem to be too many ‘adults’ in the Bush Administration.

Well first of all, you're right about no adults in the Bush Administration as far as messaging and PR goes. They were too gutless to say that oil was a factor, AND then say why oil MUST be a factor. The Bushies, with Rove in charge of PR, always defaulted to what the public thinks now instead of trying to educate the public.

And it seems to me you are making another mistake here....oil can be a reason, but so can the other items you mentioned. It's NEVER just one thing. Never.

[Paulie]

Okay, I’ll buy that.

[Ohioan]

"The Bushies, with Rove in charge of PR, always defaulted to what the public thinks now instead of trying to educate the public."

Absolutely! That is precisely why the Republicans lost in 2006 & 2008. Rove has a phenomenal memory for trivia; but is utterly clueless in how to actually lead.