Respect Of (No) More Time

Does anyone seriously think this will matter (didn't know Powerline used the "Yawn" line until just now)...

Yep, I think Charles Schumer actually summed it up with his “deck chairs on the Titanic” remark.

The following excerpt from this Source Watch article caught my eye in particular:

Card helped coordinate the White House campaign for an Iraq invasion. The New York Times in September 2002 quoted Card as saying, "From a marketing point of view you don't introduce new products in August." Card was explaining what the Times characterized as a "meticulously planned strategy to persuade the public, the Congress, and the allies of the need to confront the threat from Saddam Hussein." George W. Bush credited Card with the idea for Bush's brief visit to 600 U.S. soldiers celebrating Thanksgiving in Baghdad in 2003.

I wonder if it was Card’s idea to use that laminated turkey as a prop too for the all-important photo of Dubya pretending to “chow down” with our service people?

And of course, I will remember Card for his statement after the 2004 election, when questions started to emerge about the Ohio results, in which he said that Bush wanted to give John Kerry “the respect of more time,” which translated to me was, “hurry up and concede, you out-of-touch blueblood liberal, so we can get this party started!”

So what does Card do now, I wonder? Retire to some cushy K Street lobbying firm, or head off to academia and do his best to condition impressionable young minds in the ways of conservative intolerance?

It’s time, then, for him to try and wash his hands of the mess he helped create and then slink off barely noticed, not unlike a rat fleeing a sinking ship (and all I know about this Josh Bolten person is that he was Card’s deputy, so he moves up one rung on the ladder in typically corporate, methodical Bushco fashion).

Good riddance. I’m sure Card can land a cushy executive job somewhere. He should bring along Ben Domenech also, so he can impart his “dark art” to a willing apprentice.

Update: Here's more from georgia10 at The Daily Kos.