Rove Republicans prepare for war

A twelve-step program

by Michael Berube

1. Deploy 101st Fighting Keyboarders

2. Cut taxes for the $300,000-and-up income bracket

3. Tell citizens to continue shopping

4. Cut taxes on capital gains

5. Begin “fixing” intelligence and facts

6. Undermine Secretary of State with humiliating U.N. presentation

7. Repeal estate tax

8. Alienate remaining international allies

9. Distribute magnetic “support the troops” ribbons

10. Prepare U.S.S. Lincoln for critical photo op

11. Dispatch preparatory rose-petal-cleanup detail for Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Najaf, Fallujah, etc.

12. Blame failure on liberals