Honk If You're Sorry You Voted For Bush

Yesterday, while writing about the Baker commission and others who want to alter the way things are being done in Iraq, I said that:

The cynical among us realize, though, that the new name of the game now that "cut-and-run" has become the flavor of the month will be to ensure that no-one in the Bush administration has to admit their own personal "arrogance" and "stupidity" in staying the failing course for so long and making sure that the Republican base can at least have some plausible means of telling itself that Dear Leader hasn't flip-flopped.

It didn't take the Bush administration long to set out the rules of the new game - as noted by my colleague Earl and Think Progress, among others, Bush himself has decided to play the most brazen bluff on a busted flush ever by stating that he never advocated "staying the course"

I think Joe Gandelman, the Moderate Voice, gets it exactly right:

Question: How could anyone of any political party follow a leader like this? Abandoning a principle is one thing; denying you ever embraced it is another. The saddest part for American politics: On Monday you'll witness influential talk show hosts insisting the administration never had a policy of "stay the course." And some of their listeners will adjust their thinking accordingly.

There are some who never feel remorse or even embarassment. We call them sociopaths and they are literally capable of anything. So, I wonder how many of those who once voted Republican realized today what a terrible potential they voted for?