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In a charming reversal of the pot calling the kettle black, the pot-in-chief has certified the vice-kettle to be as pristine white as himself. Specifically, the chief who doesn’t live in a bubble has proclaimed that the veep is not out of touch with reality either (even if one’s “slow failure” and “unacceptable situation” are the other’s “enormous successes“):

MR. WILLIAMS: Well, another question about Vice President Cheney – he said last week that – here I’m quoting – “we’ve encountered enormous successes and we continue to have enormous successes in Iraq.” Two weeks ago you said, quote, “there hadn’t been enough success in Iraq.” So it sounds like there’s a conflicting message there.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Oh, I don’t think so. I think that the vice president is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality, and that is he’s been able to look at – as have I, and I hope other Americans have – the fact that the tyrant was removed, 12 million people voted, there is an Iraqi constitution in place that is a model for – and unique for the Middle East.