AWOL Georgie's feelin' kinda glum. Nobody wants to talk to him anymore.

With a little more than nine months left in office, George W. Bush

must be feeling a bit glum.

Nobody in Washington seems to want to talk to him any more, the press

are pretending like he doesn't exist, and the American people are

about ready to start egging the White House.

Worse, he's got nothing to do.

It may be fun to tap-dance for the press

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/39111/Bush-hugs-Bun but it's not

exactly what you'd call real work.

George can remember the good old days, the post-Sept. 11th days, when

Dick would let him maneuver U.S. troops around the globe and order

invasions practically on a whim.

When presidentin' was hard work and he was workin' hard for the

American people.

Back in 2002 it was all so easy.

Dick's friends at the Pentagon had assured George that Saddam Hussein

was armed with all kinds of weapons of mass destruction - but the

solution was perfectly simple.

Just give him a choice.

Give up the WMDs, or we'll kick your ass.

So on November 4 2002, George told the world:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/11/20021104-5.html

BUSH:

Saddam Hussein has a choice to make: For the sake of peace, he must

disarm like he said he would do. ... for the sake of world peace, if

the United Nations will not act, and if Saddam Hussein will not

disarm, the United States will lead a coalition of nations to disarm

him.

And so for the sake of world peace we bombed the living shit out of

Iraq, decapitated its leadership and disbanded its army.

Now, sure, it turned out that Saddam didn't have any WMDs after all.

And, yes, we'd invaded with too few troops to keep the peace, thus

dooming the country to lawlessness and acts of random violence

followed by guerilla attacks on U.S. troops

followed by organized terrorist attacks on civilians

followed by sectarian cleansing performed by religious death squads

followed by the Iraqi government using its newly-trained security

forces to crack down on rival Shia factions,

which now leaves us in the awkward position of having the U.S.

military back up an organization called the Supreme Islamic Iraqi

Council in a fight where both sides are being played by Iran.

I know, it sounds bad.

But you've got to think like Our Great Leader.

His legacy is on the line here, and if there's one thing George has

learned throughout his life - if he's had one lesson drummed into him

time and time again - it's that it doesn't matter if you make a mess

because eventually somebody will come along and clean up after you.

Whether its the expunging of an inconvenient DUI arrest,

the bailout of an oil company or a baseball team,

or the fucking-up of the entire planet,

Dad can probably pull a few strings and call in some favors or

something.

So last week, in the interests of changing the subject, for the sake

of world peace, George gave Iran a choice.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080410-2.html

BUSH:

The regime in Tehran also has a choice to make. It can live in peace

with its neighbor, enjoy strong economic and cultural and religious

ties. Or it can continue to arm and train and fund illegal militant

groups, which are terrorizing the Iraqi people and turning them

against Iran. If Iran makes the right choice, America will encourage a

peaceful relationship between Iran and Iraq. Iran makes the wrong

choice, America will act to protect our interests, and our troops, and

our Iraqi partners.

That's right - he's got nine whole months left.

Nine whole months, a cannonball-sized chip on his shoulder, and full

control of the U.S. military.

Hey, look over there!

Britney Spears just got in a car accident!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080413/en_nm/spears_dc

By EarlG

Democratic Underground

http://www.democraticunderground.com/

Harry