Yes sir
Since I stole Josh Marshall's whole post the other day I'm just going to tell you this is his reaction to yet another insider account of the Bush presidency:
Now, certainly no one is perfect when it comes to subjecting and then resubjecting their viewpoints to fresh facts or challenging their assumptions with intelligently stated contrary views. I can't claim to be. But it's one thing to fall short of the mark and another to work out a system of self-rationalization and denial to ensure you come nowhere near the mark. And this is it in spades.
He doesn't even need the yes-men who "extract" the "facts" from the news articles. He's his own built-in yes-man.
How could we have ignored so many warnings, so much expert advice, so many facts staring us in the face? The president just gave you the answer
