At long last, the national nightmare that has been the Bush Administration is finally over. Thank God!
BAD BUSH! No banana!
Smarter and more articulate people that I will summarize his failures and outright crimes, so it really isn't necessary to describe them all in detail here. That would be a long, long, post since there are so many!
It's laughable to hear them unrepentant and arrogant to the end; trying to retroactively change their abysmal record. Hey guys, saying something doesn't make it so! If you ask Dick "The Penguin" Cheney, he has no regrets about anything he did. The scary thing is that I believe him... more's the pity. They say history will be kind to their time in power but here's what I think they will be remembered for:
"We didn't make any mistakes!"
- Coming to power (as opposed to being elected) in 2000 under highly questionable circurmstances. I dream of how much better-off America would be were I writing about the end of the Gore Adminstration!
- Retaining power by the tiniest of margins in 2004 using electoral gamesmanship, then declaring they had a mandate.
- Starting a fraudulent war in Iraq that bankrupted the country and funneled billions of dollars to their corporate political benefactors.
5000 Americans killed, 100,000+ Iraqis killed, country bankrupted. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
- When the war DID bankrupt the country, they authorized even MORE deficit spending to arrange bailouts for Wall Street while thousands of families lost their homes.
"Mr. President, America is under attack!"
- History will record that Bush sat there in a stupor after he was informed that America was under attack on 9-11!
- Failing to capture Osama Bin Laden after the 9-11 attacks and not even really trying! Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
- Causing irreversible harm to thousands of NYC first-responders and downtown residents by declaring the post 9-11 air safe to breathe. I hope you burn in Hell for that, Christie Todd Whitman!
- Used 9-11 to erode personal freedoms at home and ignore the Geneva Conventions abroad, thus emboldening our enemies and serving their cause.
"You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie!"
- Doing nothing to save a major American city from a natural disaster, then dragging their feet with the reconstruction for political ends.
- Allowing their corporate cronies to foul the planet by refusing to provide EPA oversight.
- Allowing their corporate cronies to collapse the economic system by refusing to provide SEC oversight.
"Why do you hate the President so much George?"you may ask. Read here.
The bet here is that no member of the Bush Administration (other than Scooter Libby) will ever be held legally responsible for their misdeeds. These people will never, ever see justice for what they did. They should all be jailed for what they did but that isn't going to happen.
Years ago I agreed with President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon because I felt America needed to move on. Now I regret that stance, because it set a bad precedent for much-worse future presidents.
Don't let these guys escape justice the way Nixon did!
In 1974 when Nixon resigned, I felt it was OK to pardon him because it was punishment enough to have to resign and live out the rest of his life in disgrace. Alas, George W. Bush and his cohorts will get away scot-free. The only justice they may see is themselves being eviscerated by history ten or fifteen years from now.
The one and only thing I will miss about the Bush Administration is the bond of hating them so much that I shared with my DW Terri for the past eight years. I hope we can find something new that we are both that passionate about!
"I had my hand up his back the entire time!"
From President Bush's Farewell Address the other night, it's plain to see how delusional and disconnected from reality he is. Somehow he thinks he did such a good job that should take a bow! Amazingly, he genuinely believes he was a great president! "I made the tough decisions," he bristled, ignoring the fact that he was almost invariably wrong on every single one!
Terri and I watched him say goodbye, with her soft slippers from the closet beside her on the couch. Whenever Dumbass let out a particulary huge whopper she threw her slippers at the TV. Hey, no sense wrecking a good set over it!
I pray this guy does a lot better. He could hardly do worse, but he is inheriting quite a mess!
Soon a new Democratic President will take office, and what a mess he inherits!
President Obama, I hope that somehow you and your administration will find a way to start to heal the country. I pray you can undo the damage the previous administration has done by their misgovernance. May God watch over you and give you strength. You're going to need it!
Heckuva job Bushies! You should all be real proud of yourselves!
...and if you voted for them, YOU SHARE IN THE CULPABILITY!