George,

The more I listen to Bush and his 'crowing' about the 'catastrophic success' (an oxymoron if ever I heard one) in Iraq, I can think of an appropriate analogy of the arsonist volunteer fireman, who, after torching a building, takes credit for reporting the fire and pretends to be a hero because he was first on the scene!

- Harry Tenney (electronic mail, September 15, 2004)