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Democrats Stack GAO Report: "Has Iraq Achieved What No One Expected Them To Achieve Yet?"

Did the Democrats really stack the GAO surge report by asking if the Iraqis had "completed" the benchmarks? Really?

Congress asked the GAO, by contrast, to report if the Iraqis had "completed" the benchmarks. This ridiculous standard was a Congressional trap that forced the GAO to waste time and taxpayer money to come out with a pre-ordained and meaningless judgment, since no one ever promised or expected that the Iraqis would have met the benchmarks by now. And the GAO report doesn't really shed light on the key question: Are the Iraqis making progress?

We're inclined to agree with Hitchens that you don't just quit because things are going poorly...

... but that doesn't excuse this transparent - and, frankly, pathetic - little stunt. How did they possibly think that they could get away with this? How are they getting away with this? Chalk another one up for the contemptible misery of the domestic political press corps.

More and more of our commentary on Democrats is getting reduced to just an disbelieving "really?", italicized for emphasis. This could be because our writing has deteriorated or it could be because Democratic stunts are becoming ever more shameless. Probably little of column A, little of column B.

References:
* A Pathetic Preemptive Strike [Weekly Standard]
* Hitchens on Iraq [Hoover.org / Google Video]
* This Is Simply Surreal. Congressional Democrats Are Refusing To Support the British Hostages Kidnapped By Iran. [MR]

Previously:
* [Video] What You Get When You Vote For Democrats - Empowering Conspiracy Theory Wackos
* Tell Me Again About How Democrats Can Be Trusted
* Memo To Democratic Jews: "US Engagement In The Peace Process" Is Bad For Israel, Barack Obama Edition

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