Catastrophic Success defined

Bush called the Iraq war a catastrophic success yesterday. For the first time in his administration, I guess I totally agree.

Catastrophic success. That's when you achieve your objective with such radical success that it creates a catastrophe. As in - George Bush's effort to invade Iraq without the faintest clue of the consequences was a catastrophic success. My two-year-old's effort to run headlong into a brick wall was a catastophic success. Given the fact that there are more than 1.3 million more poor people in the US than there was last year, Bush's economic policies are a catastrophic success.

I love it - love it! Just when I was posting about the Republicans knack for shaping our political language, they come up with something that is too clever by half. I hope he uses it the rest of the campaign.