Well – I have to say that Bill O’Reilly surprised me by letting Ron Paul actually get a sentence in edge-wise.

And then – wonder of wonders – we heard about the overthrow of Mossadegh, Iran’s one-time PM, and US involvement in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Now, when was the last time you heard that on Bill O’Reilly, or on any other popular talk show?

Of course, the pleasant feeling quickly disappeared when Paul was replaced by Michelle Malkin, FOX’s resident constitutional genius on civil liberties, who averred that the Petraeus ad represented the low point of American politics.

Tsk Tsk.

We have the worst strategic blunder in US postwar history (forget the humanitarian angle), a 50% chance of a recession bigger than any since the 1930s, and a presidential candidate who is at last getting up and telling the truth about American foreign policy.

But what are the talking heads bloviating about?

An ad…

Perceptions…

Style over substance.

Dan Abrams at 9 PM was at least honest:

“We are changing the way we are talking about it [Iraq] because it didn’t work out the way we wanted it to….In essence, we failed.”

And Pat Buchanan, talking to Abrams, was even more blunt . Talking about why we can’t get out immediately (so he thinks), he admitted:

“We have to stay the course to prevent a strategic catastrophe, a humanitarian disaster, and an Iranian take over…”

Nice to figure out finally what “Mission Accomplished” meant.