Bush flunks again

Another truly dismal performance by our faux President who seems to think he should be actually elected to the office. At least eighty percent of the time he seemed to have no understanding of what he was talking about. The other twenty percent he shifted from whatever the question was to his education programs. Ask about jobs, education, ask about the minimum wage, education, ask about immigration, education. He seems to think that his greatest achievement has been the No Child Left Behind Act that he grossly underfunded. But not to worry, his “armies of compassion” are going to make things right. He did manage to not scowl or otherwise make strange facial gestures – he kept that strange lip-curled-down smirk the whole time while he pretended to actually be paying attention. I do not regret saying it: George W. Bush is no more than a marginally retarded puppet being controlled by Dick the Slimy and his band of murderous war criminals, primarily in the interests of Big Oil and Israel.

Linda believes that he was also wired again this time. I’m not certain. But as she has actually studied the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication she may well be correct. Be that as it may, when you try to convert some of his language into ordinary English it is very difficult to understand what he means, or, indeed, if it has any meaning at all.

The moderator, Bob Schieffer, an obvious Bush crony, seemed to me to not allow Kerry his allotted rebuttal time on several occasions. I could be wrong about this. Certainly he should not have been chosen as a moderator as he is known to play golf with Bush and is clearly not a true nonpartisan. Instead of asking Bush, “what role does religion play in your decisions,” he could have asked: “Did God actually tell you to attack the Taliban and Iraq?” Or do you ordinarily have conversations with God who tells you what to do? Or is God really on our side against the Muslims? Or even, do you believe that when the Jews control all of Palestine the Rapture will ensue and believers will be saved while everyone else will be doomed? Indeed, he could have been asked, do you believe that Israelis truly want to see a viable Palestinian State? And if so, what do you propose to do about it? I’m surprised he did not ask this of Kerry, as that would have worked even more to Bush’s advantage, provided Bush was not asked the same question. Of course no one dares mention the real problem of the Middle East – the Israeli/Palestinian problem.

Kerry trying to debate Bush is a perfect example of a well-informed Democrat trying to discuss politics with a Bush Republican. It is exactly like a rational person trying to communicate with the insane. Either they are like my mother-in-law who is going to vote Republican no matter what, or else they try to convince you that black is white, failure is success, you should believe what they say, rather than what your own eyes and senses tell you is actually the case. Bush Republicans live in a fantasy land created by Republican lies and spin: Sadam Hussein was a threat to the United States and his neighbors – false. Sadam Hussein has something to do with 9/11 – false. Sadam Hussein was in league with Osama bin Laden – false. Sadam Hussein had WMD’ – false. The Iraqis would welcome us with open arms and flowers – false. Iraqi oil would pay for the “war” and reconstruction – false. We would be liberators not occupiers – false. We have no intention of staying in Iraq permanently – false. We were interested only in the liberation of the Iraqis – false. We were not there for their oil – false. We would enforce the Geneva Convention – false. We would not unnecessarily kill innocent civilians – false. We would ensure a truly democratic election – false. Our predictive attack on Iraq has made the world safer – false. We would not engage in nation building – false. The United States is bearing 90% of the costs of the “war” and “peace” in Iraq. True. Perhaps. It may be only 89.9%.

What a wonderful world has been created by the Bush/Cheney Administration. War and violence as far as the eye can see. No end in sight – ever. Unless, perhaps, the Rapture actually occurs and the true believers can ascend and leave the rest of us sinners behind. I know where the true sinners are – in THE WHITE HOUSE!