Bush Administration Says Everything in Iraq Is Going Great

I liked Scott McClellan. He actually looked embarrassed whenever he contorted the English language to give Bush some good spin. Tony Snow just glares and lies through his teeth. Here's today's press conference via Raw Story:

Q Is there a civil war going on in Iraq? And is the President frustrated with the lack of American public support for Iraq?

MR. SNOW: No, number one, there is not a civil war going on. I was on the phone earlier today with Major General Caldwell in Baghdad --

Q One hundred [dead] people a day?

MR. SNOW: He understands. And the other thing that's happening is that there has been -- there has been some improvement at least in the situation on the ground, slightly. Yes, you have a number of sectarian violence operations going on, but you've also seen now in targeted neighborhoods in Baghdad, there has been a notable decrease in violence in three of the neighborhoods that have been targeted in the last week, and that's obviously a promising sign; that's not a victory lap.

Prime Minister Maliki today went outside the Green Zone to talk about Iraqi forces...

Uh, isn't it a major security operation every time Maliki goes outside the Green Zone? The fantasies just go on and on. But over 3,400 people died violent deaths in Iraq last month. Sorry, no civil war, you can move along folks. That's the Bush Administration.