Nobody could have anticipated...

"I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." Bush after Katrina, trying to shift blame.

Nobody could have anticipated a civil war in Iraq? Oops, look at what Poppy said,
"We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well. Under those circumstances, furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-cold war world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the U.N.'s mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different — and perhaps barren — outcome."

Nobody could have anticipated the economy would tank.

Nobody could have anticipated that racism doesn't win votes. Could Rove be losing his touch?

Nobody could have anticipated Bush's death spiral in the polls.

Nobody could have anticipated the shit hitting the fan. (via Atrios)