I'm going to go with Rumsfeld.
It really makes you wonder how they deal with having been so monumentally wrong ... same with George Will's quote on the Berlin Wall, or Saffire's quote about Gorbachev ... do they forget ever having said that? Do they maintain that "everybody said it"? Do they graciously smile and say, "well, you win some you lose some"? Do they get angry when you remind them?
As I understand it, they deal with being wrong by blaming Bush's incompetence and changing the subject... to advocating war against Iran. Really, who are these people and how can they possibly have America's best interest in mind.
Who wrote, on June 15, 2006, literally:
Quote:The Left is going to lose--big--because they have nothing noble, nothing beautiful, nothing real, nothing true, with which to lead. They are the merchants of illusion. And a significant majority of Americans, although not all, see through them.
"In a democratic election, however, it only takes a small majority to win. And the upcoming election of 2006 is not likely to be all that close.
"The Democrats piqued [sic] too soon.
"Just watch."
Mind you, that was from a page of selected election prognostications that also included:
- Charlie Cook of the Cook Report writing on 1 November that, "The [GOP] losses [in the House] look very likely to exceed 20 seats, and a 20- to 35-seat loss is most likely, but we would not be surprised for it to exceed 35 seats."
- Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report writing on 2 November that "we believe that state and national dynamics favor Democrats netting six seats and winning control of the United States Senate" and that "the most likely outcome in the House of Representatives is a Democratic gain of 34 to 40 seats, with slightly larger gains not impossible."
Not gonna happen.
