Neocon Grief It comes in five stages, apparently: 1. Denial: "The media doesnât show the good news in Iraq." 2. Anger: "The treasonous far-left-liberals and their media lapdogs are making us lose in Iraq." 3. Bargaining: "If we send x-thousand more troops to Iraq, victory will be ours." 4. Depression: "Did you catch 300 yet? [munch-munch-burp] God, it made me hate liberals even more. [channels flipping] They wouldnât last a day in ancient Sparta." 5. Advanced Literary Theory: "The hegemonic binary of 'success' and 'failure' traumatizes the (re)interpretive possibilities of an ethos of jouissance regarding the War in Iraq." http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/04/neocon_grief.html