“Mandela is Dead” – and other atrocities of the Bush Regime ( and why I shouldn’t listen to his press conferences)

An audible gasp could be heard in the briefing room as Mr. Bush, our president and ostensible “leader”, announced that the reason there has been no “instant democracy” in Iraq is because “Mandela is dead”.

I, too, had to check myself.

Huh? Nelson Mandela is DEAD?!? And what does that have to do with Iraq???

Perhaps more had happened in the world while I was away exploring the Alaskan wilderness than I realized. But persevering – out of either conscientious desire to be engaged in the national dialogue or, more likely, a deep-seated self-loathing and consequent desire to punish myself – I listened to Bush as he ham-handedly mangled an advisor’s previous analogy. Not a very good one even when spoken by someone with command of the English language I suspect; something along the lines of “there are no Nelson Mandela’s in Iraq, they are all dead as a result of Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime”. Not “Nelson Mandela is dead”.

Whatever. I guess the point is that the reason things didn’t go as planned for Bush & Co. in Iraq has absolutely nothing to do with them. As far as I can tell, Bush has yet to truly accept responsibility for much of anything that has happened on his watch, let alone the immorally incompetent planning and execution of his Great Adventure in Iraq. I don’t believe Bush could have played into Osama bin Laden’s hand any better if the old goat had flown to Washington to personally lay out his plans.

The press conference continues; I hang on for more.

Bush refers to Condi Rice as the PhD and he as the C student, but “look who is the president and who the advisor”. Oh my God. This man is truly a grade A little jerk. “HOW IS IT THAT THIS MAN EVER BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?”

My plaintive cry goes unanswered.

Bush may be president, but he failed to mention that he is a president that was never legitimately elected. Theft and fraud the central theme in both elections.

Bush later asserts he got a “B” in Econ 101. It is later reported that his transcripts show he received a “C-“.

I hang on for yet more, feeling my anger – even desperation – rise as I watch Bush act all the impudent and arrogant fool instead of wise and strong leader.

And yet, the final blow, the icing on the cake, the coup de grace comes at the end of the news conference. The very last questioner who, it is later learned, is most likely a plant from Fox News, allows Bush to once again manipulate the truth, distort the meaning of all that is truly American, and hide his bankrupt and hideous policies behind a four-star general, a print ad, and a cynical (and unfortunately typical) manipulation of the “free” press.

There are no words I could muster that would express my utter indignation and fury better than those expressed by Keith Olbermann, so I shall leave that to him (see the YouTube video below).

I must add, however, this: Where is the rage?

What the hell is the Senate doing voting to “condemn” the ad published by MoveOn.org? Do they truly mean to condemn free speech? It wasn’t MoveOn.org that made the good general a political hack for Bully George to hide behind. When one wades into political waters, one must expect political consequences, but I’ll let Keith address that.

This is what I get for trying to listen to Bush at a press conference. Every time I don’t think my opinion of the Bush regime can sink any lower, and my sadness for the state of our nation deepen any more, Bush opens his mouth, and my heart sinks while my abject rage at the man and all he has done intensifies.

Some may say that I am in danger of becoming a fanatic. I say, how could I not? Just look at what this man and his cronies have done to this country!

Some may say that, in any case, I should have more respect for the president. I say, I have too much respect for the presidency to ever, ever, have any, ANY, respect for George Bush.

Bush has decided to make me his enemy, and so be it.

If congress is intent on voting on meaningless measures that will amount to no substantive action, then the least they should do is IMPEACH GEORGE BUSH. It wouldn’t pass the senate, but at least there would be a historical record in place telling future generations that what George Bush has done during his tenure as president is immoral, illegal, and un-American. And never, one hopes, to be repeated.

I think I’ll take a pass on his next press conference.