the agreed set of talking points is now utterly ridiculous..
(how many people still buy this crap?)
step up instead of stand up..
Failure is not an option- there is no plan B.
There is just the Plan. (Plan A sounds too pessimistic)

Donuel, you also forgot to mention the new retort echoes all the way down from Cheney to Tony Snow and all the Fox news hacks.

..if anyone is critical or doesnt like the presidents new plan, it is up to them to come up with a better one..

(well actually there are quite a few recommendations in the Iraq study group. Remember the one that took quite a few informed people to formulate and put together and when they presented it to Bush he didnt have one question (think about that for a second).

The Neocon group is trying to make it look like the only other option is immediate withdrawal - and thats certainly not the case)