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Weather.... Published: 3/17/2006  Public relations stunts can't
obscure reality in Iraq  WHEN all else fails Karl Rove and Co.
revert to the tried and true strategy of reinforcing public
support for the wartime President. It's un-American to abandon
George W. and the party that claims him when the nation is
engaged in battle. "Support our troops" means support our
commander in chief. The tactic has worked to win elections and
marginalize administration critics.  So it's not surprising the
old public relations stunt to paint the President as an
unshakable wartime leader is being refurbished for traction in
the upcoming midterm elections. The goal is to prop Dubya up in
front of lots of red, white, and blue bunting, preferably in a
military setting, where it doesn't really matter what he says,
just that he looks the part. He's only there to assure prime-
time audiences that he's on top of things in Iraq despite what
they have seen and heard.  If the Whi