One more LATEOTT nominee for August

Bush Confident Iraq Constitution Will Reflect Values, Traditions

We bring you another nominee in the ongoing General William Westmoreland Light At The End Of The Tunnel Award competition for the most egregiously self-deluded pronouncement about the "progress" we are making in the Quagmire Formerly Known as Iraq. Today's nominee: none other than George Walker Bush, speaking August 22 in Salt Lake City to the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention:

Now Iraq's leaders are once again defying the terrorists and pessimists by completing work on a democratic constitution. The establishment of a democratic constitution will be a landmark event in the history of Iraq and the history of the Middle East. All of Iraq's main ethnic and religious groups are working together on this vital project. All made the courageous choice to join the political process, and together they will produce a constitution that reflects the values and traditions of the Iraqi people.

A few more entries like that, and the judges will be forced to decalre Mr. Bush ineligible in order to allow someone new to win the award.