Spin-meister supreme

WHouse downplays Iraq demonstrations

The White House on Monday downplayed anti-US rallies in Iraq called by radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and said such demonstrations were a hopeful sign of freedom.
"While we have much more progress ahead of us -- the United States, the coalition and Iraqis have much more to do -- this is a country that has come a long way from the tyranny of Saddam Hussein," said spokesman Gordon Johndroe.

Now that is one feeble attempt at trying to see a silver lining in a very stormy cloud.