"Full Speed Ahead"

From today's Washington Post:

The Bush administration is determined to continue "full speed ahead" with its policy in Iraq, regardless of Tuesday's midterm elections, Vice President Cheney said Friday.

Cheney said in an interview with ABC News that the administration is convinced that it is pursuing the right path in Iraq.

"It may not be popular with the public. It doesn't matter, in the sense that we have to continue what we think is right," Cheney said. "That's exactly what we're doing. We're not running for office. We're doing what we think is right."

Well, it's good to know that the Administration has finally admitted that what it is doing in Iraq isn't the popular thing. And there's something refreshingly honest about the Administration also admitting that it really doesn't care what the majority of citizens think. "That doesn't matter" — Cheney and rest will just do whatever they want to do.

We could argue about how the folks in the White House could possibly think that what they are doing in Iraq is right, unless the principle they are supporting involves killing soldiers while undermining our national security (on that, they're doing a heck of a job). But despite their convictions, I would imagine that some of the more politically pragmatic people there wish the Vice President would just shut the hell up about a subject that's about to bury the GOP at the polls in four days. As for me, I say keep talking about it, Dick — full speed ahead.