Lest We Forget

Today is the 11th anniversary of George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech.  My problem isn't so much with Bush's speech.  It's about par for the course for him and not at all surprising.  The bigger problem (1) the pundit class was about 100% wrong (including Chris Matthews).  Of course, the pundit class was pretty much all wrong about getting into the war in the first place. And (2), why the heck are these pundits still pundits?

Bill from Portland Maine on Daily Kos nails it as usual:  link

"Once upon a time, there was a steely-eyed warrior named Commander Codpiece who lied his pantaloons off to get his country to approve going to war with another country. It would be easy, he said. Piece of cake! And sure enough, the mighty forces under Commander Codpiece made quick work out of deposing a two-bit tyrant in a far-off land. So Commander Codpiece dressed up in a flight suit and pretended to fly a plane out to an aircraft carrier, where he made a victory speech under a banner that said MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. And oh how the pundit class swooned...." (read the rest at the link above).