What's Next?

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review is one of those conservative rags that serve one purpose -- wrapping fish. It's the newspaper version of Fox News. The paper is owned by Richard Mellon Scaife, who for years led what seemed to be a one man campaign to bring down Bill Clinton and spent lots of his billions to help do so by any means possible.

Thankfully, I was sitting down when I read these words at Editor & Publisher:

The Pittsburgh newspaper owned by conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife yesterday called the Bush administration's plans to stay the course in Iraq a "prescription for American suicide."

The editorial in the Tribune-Review added, "And quite frankly, during last Thursday's news conference, when George Bush started blathering about 'sometimes the decisions you make and the consequences don't enable you to be loved,' we had to question his mental stability."

It continued: "President Bush warns that U.S. withdrawal would risk 'mass killings on a horrific scale.' What do we have today, sir?

"If the president won't do the right thing and end this war, the people must. The House has voted to withdraw combat troops from Iraq by April. The Senate must follow suit.

"Our brave troops should take great pride that they rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein. And they should have no shame in leaving Iraq. For it will not be, in any way, an exercise in tail-tucking and running.

"America has done its job.

"It's time for the Iraqis to do theirs." (Emphasis added)

OMG. What's next? Scaife campaigning for Hillary Clinton & hanging out with Bill?

See, Scaife-Owned Newspaper Calls for Iraq Troop Withdrawal -- Questions Bush's 'Mental Stability'

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