My "O" Award Of the Day Goes To...

Dan Rather of CBS News.

The US-led Coalition governors turned over sovereignty to the Iraqi interim government today 48 hours ahead of schedule.

I find it amusing how so many of the mainline media outlets assured us that we wouldn't be ready to turn over sovereignty by the 30th. Surprise! We did it 2 days early!

Therefore, today's "O" Award goes to Dan Rather who demonstrated his ability as a spin-doctor on this morning's news. Against staggering odds he was able to take a major success in the Iraqi campaign and turn it into an opportunity to cause people to view this achievement in a negative light. Instead of praising the President and the coalition for keeping their word and handing over control of Iraq's government he (with a look of "sincere concern" upon his face) commenced the hand wringing. "Oh my! They turned over sovereignty early! They must have been afraid that there would be problems!" Not content to simply question the readiness of the Iraqi government's ability to govern its people, Mr. Rather continued by insinuating that the move was not sincere and that Mr. Allawi is merely a puppet of the Americans.

Dan, is that the most subtlety you can manage? That was about as slick as Al Gore posing as Ronald Reagan in the Presidential debates with George Bush.

President Bush might just be the coolest President that we have ever had. Just think of all the terrorist plans that this surprise move disrupted. I bet Dubya got a good belly laugh over that one too. It is kind of like getting invited to a black tie party, but being told that it is a masquerade. I am sure that there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over that one in the enemy's camp!

Think what you like, lefties, President Bush is ALOT sharper than you have given him credit for. You guys also might want to consider that the President is doing something else that probably chafes you pretty well: he has once again done what he said that he would do.

Now, as for the intelligence of the American people as a whole, the jury is still out. I guess the truth will be seen in whether they can see through liars like Dan Rather and Michael Moore.