A better president

The Manchester Union Leader suggested that if Bush were a "better" President he would have flown directly to the disaster in Louisiana. Somehow this seems to me like a terrible oversimplification. Is it not the case that if he were a better President he would not have lied to involve us in an immoral, illegal, unconstitutional and unnecessary war? If he were a better President would he not have taken a five week vacation while the world is turning into an utter disaster? If he were a better President would he not be at least attempting to curb the Israelis and advance the peace process in the Middle East? If he were a better President would he not have insisted that Karl Rove come clean about outing Valerie Plame? And etc., etc., etc., etc. If he were a better President perhaps he might have told the truth at least once during his reign in office. Oh well, what can we expect from a President anyway?

Somewhere I saw today that the results of some poll or other claimed that Bush has only a 45% approval rating. ONLY A 45% APPROVAL RATING!!! How in the hell can he possibly have a 45% approval rating. Surely the rate of insanity in the U.S. is not that high? I can't imagine he can have an approval rating of maybe 10%, tops. Oh, I forget, he supposedly has a base of 30%. If that is still true it is frightening beyond belief. Can there possibly be that many fundamentalist loonies like Pat Robertson? Please someone, say it ain't so.

Cindy Sheehan is on her way to Washington D.C. She says they will now target the Congress as well as the President as they are complicit in this obscene business in Iraq. Right on! Go for it Cindy! Bush doesn't care what she does as he is not going to be up for election. But members of Congress are - maybe, just maybe, they will have to pay attention (and hopefully pay the price for their complete dishonesty).

Pat Buchanan has apparently made noises about impeachment. He wants Bush to be impeached because of his failure to deal with the problem of immigration. Imagine! Immigration! Never mind the lies about going to war in Iraq. Never mind the obvious war crimes. Never mind the blatant war profiteering. Never mind the torture and violations of treaties and corruption and attack on the environment, and on and on. It's immigration that is bother Pat Buchanan. Gag me with a spoon.

These are bizarre times indeed. Our collective insanity will surely run its course.