Between this White House turn of phrase and Larry Craig's comments about "being jerked around by the gas nozzle", all I have time to say about this before I reach my "laughter zenith" is that it looks like Barack Obama's supporters won't have to wait until he actually takes office to see his foreign policy implemented
Makes perfectly good sense, if you understand English. Conservatives of late have been mangling the language more than ever before. We aren't "retreating" or "declaring defeat" anymore, we are simply having "an aspirational time horizon". Ketchup is a vegetable!
I'm apparently not enough of a political nerd to have heard or understand any of this. What the fuck is a 'time horizon'? Does spelling it in all caps make it an object of some sort? Perhaps a machine? A time machine? Does this have to do with flux capacitors?
Condi came up with the expression in the last day. We're negotiating with Iraq to begin full-fledged withdrawal. They want us out, we don't want to leave. Now by UN rules, we have to "have permission" to stay there, we need the Iraqi's consent. They've been asking for us to talk about leaving, but Bush has said "we mistranslated the memorandum!" They met this weekend, and we will leave Iraq. Not date-certain, but we will not be staying there for 100, or 50, or 15, or even 8 years. (Top google site) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aHNGOnkMmckE&refer=us "Bush, Maliki Say `Time Horizon' Needed for Troop Cuts (Update1) By Roger Runningen and Ken Fireman July 18 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed that a ``general time horizon'' is needed for the reduction of U.S. combat troops in Iraq. The two leaders, speaking yesterday by video conference, ``agreed that improving conditions'' in Iraq should permit setting ``a general time horizon'' for further draw-downs of U.S. forces, spokeswoman Dana Perino said in a statement. The time horizon would be included in agreements now under negotiation that would define the U.S. role in Iraq and the status of American forces there, she said. Bush and Maliki agreed that any decisions on troop reductions would be based on ``continued improving conditions on the ground and not an arbitrary date for withdrawal,'' Perino said. She described the draw-downs as among the leaders' ``aspirational goals'' and said another objective was the resumption of Iraqi security control over the nation. Maliki last week called for the agreements to include a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. American officials initially rejected that demand. "
It looks like the only campaign promises the Obama is going to keep are the ones Bush kept for him before leaving office.
