President Oblivious

Can anyone remember the last time they saw an ad on tv for a motion picture that was not violent? Perhaps I don't watch the right programs. I only watch a couple of news programs, the Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and an occasional sporting event - and I never, ever, see an ad for a movie that is not violent. Maybe if I watched a Soap or a Children's program?

I have known from the beginning that George W. Bush was not endowed with a completely full deck, so to speak. His speech is pretty clearly similar to that of the marginally retarded. He often says really dumb things. I now believe that he is completely oblivious to what he does and says. Like today, for example, when he ridiculed Congress for being on vacation instead of working on something he wanted, while at the same time leaving for his umpteenth vacation tomorrow. I think I heard today that while being in office he has had 452 days of vacation. In other words, in six years he has had more than a year of vacation time. And he faults Congress for their week off at Easter? He has to be simply oblivious. Similarly, he argues that if Congress sets a deadline for withdrawal as a condition of funding the troops that means they are not funding the troops. This is clearly not so. They are funding the troops. If he vetoes this he will be the one that is cutting off funds. Do you think he doesn't understand this? He complains that the Democrats will cause our troops to not come home on time, have to redeploy, cause their families to suffer, and etc., when he is the one who is sending more exhausted and unprepared troops into Iraq, bringing about exactly those consequences. Do you think he doesn't understand this? He complains the Democrats have loaded their bill with pork, seemingly ignoring the fact that the Republicans have loaded everything with pork for the past six years. Do you think he doesn't understand this? There are many more examples of his utter hypocrisy and absurd pronouncements about the "war." We are making progress, for example. The Generals urged him to surge. The Iranians should release the 15 British soldiers, while we do not release the five Iranians we are holding. The list of his inanities goes on and on. Either he doesn't understand what he is doing or does understand it and does it anyway. Trying to be kind I suggest that he is, in fact, oblivious to reality rather than deliberately trying to mislead us (well, maybe I don't believe that).

Feingold/Reid say they will try to cut off funding entirely if Bush vetoes the current bill setting a timeline. Pat Buchanan says they will never do it. I hope he is very wrong and that Congress will stick with their right to cut off funding - and bring our troops home SOON.