FORGET KATRINA. IT’S TIME TO SAVE BUSH’S SORRY ASS! — by Steve Nadis
Now Bush is popping up in New Orleans often as part of a P.R. campaign to salvage his failing presidency. Commentators from NPR and even the Brooklings Institution have noted that he’s retrying to recapture the triumphant moment when he “grabbed the bullhorn” at Ground Zero in New York and vowed retribution against the terrorists responsible for the heinous act.
But let’s look more closely at that so-called triumphant moment, the alleged high point of his tenure. What exactly did he do? He showed up in New York City on September 14, THREE DAYS AFTER the 9/11 attacks, after several days of playing duck and cover. How’s that for inspired leadership? His administration ignored warnings about Al Qaeda before the attacks and have done a miserable job in achieving “homeland security”–the deficiencies of which have become apparent in light of the Katrina response. Then he got us into a deadly and futile war in Iraq for a number of reasons–which changed capriciously from month to month–all of which turned out to be lies. But he now claims we’re there to fight terrorism when any terrorism expert knows he’s only made the problem worse.
Crises, Bush claimed in a 2000 debate with Al Gore (from whom he and his brother and the Supreme Court stole the election), are “the time to test your mettle–a time to test your heart when you see people whose lives have been turned upside down.” How has he done?
A lot of people are trying to blame Bush for that damned hurricane. But it’s been sunny where I live for a week, and no one’s giving Him credit for that.
Wow! You live between Bush’s ears? That must be a very quiet neighborhood.
Good to hear from you. I guess I need to really attack the president–rather than ramble on about nothing–to draw you out, short of resorting to my last resort: A bumper sticker contest (coming soon!). I don’t live between his ears (though perhaps you were suggesting H. Burt does). But it’s noisy at night where I live & I wouldn’t mind the peace & quiet. Strike that word about piece. I’d better just say "the quiet."
With Bush, it was more about the ILLUSION of leadership, that sells well in campaigns and makes conservatives feel superior. To bad he wasn’t one in real life, it would have come in handy for the folks in the Southeast a few weeks ago.
I guess the illusion of leadership works beautifully–right up until the point that you actually need a leader. Then it’s like: “Oops… My bad.”
One thing you have to give W credit for: he’s saved us from a Jeb presidency. There’s no way another Bush will get elected to the White House for a long, long time.
I don’t get it. What does this sentence mean?
I don’t get it.
Dear Roses, I hope you’re right. Sorry almostfreebird that the text was confusing; I shall strive for clarity in the future.
I shouldn’t have used angle brackets, two sentences I wrote with them disappeared. These are original sentences.
You live between Bush’s ears?
I don’t live between his ears.
Since I’m not a naturalborn English speaker,being Japanese,Ididn’t understand that phrase. But I can guess.
Sorry to confuse you.
Hi — I didn’t understand that sentence, which was part of someone else’s comment, fully. But the basic idea is that there is not much going on between his ears–i.e., not a lot of brain activity–which makes it a quiet place. Thanks for visiting this blog where you’re sure to get a warped view of America.
Sorry. I was too busy dyin’ to write a coherent sentence. But the "You live between Bush’s ears?" comment was, as Snake correctly guessed, in response to Burt’s comment. It was a stupid snipe, I admit it.
Thanks Gatemouth, you’re forgiven. Like I always say, we should make special allowances for dead people, who are not always that swift. This I believe.