It’s beginning to look like Billy Wilder’s classic about the aging movie queen with a loose grip on reality in scenes staged by her faithful retainer.
Karl Rove is no Erich von Stroheim, but he is directing an alternate reality for George Bush. This week the locale was the Naval War College, where extras in dress uniform watched in awe the Commander-in-Chief, with maps and illustrations, giving a presentation about how well things are going in Iraq.
Back in Washington John Warner, Dick Lugar and other Senate Republicans were telling the White House staff that July 15th, when a Congressionally mandated, preliminary report on progress in Iraq is due, will be pivotal.
The cameras are set to roll. Will George Bush be ready for his close-up?
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