How I Know Bush Is Done

[SteppingRazor]

Whether merely lame duck or removed from office, it became obvious to me this morning, while watching the man on CNN, that Bush is now president in name only. I'll explain later. But first, a quick run down of the news of the last few days:


A Denver attorney with the Dept. of Justice pens a scathing op-ed calling Bush's Justice Dept. "a national disgrace." The attorney, John Koppel, has been with the department since 1981.

A report in the Washington Post reveals that A.G.A.G. knew about the FBI's violations of wiretapping laws when he went in front of Congress and said that the FBI had not illegally wiretapped anyone in 2005. The FBI itself later revealed that it had broken the law upwards of 1,000 times. It is now obvious to everyone except the most heinous of Bush sycophants that A.G.A.G. lied to Congress, which is itself illegal regardless of whether one is under oath. A Congressman has already called for a special prosecutor to look into A.G.A.G.'s lies.

The DC Madam released her phone records, and within hours, it was discovered that Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter is a John. Vitter issued the following lame statement: "This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there-with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way."
The very next day, the New Orleans Times-Picayune revealed that the strongly conservative senator, a staunch supporter of the Federal Marriage Amendment, had also visited a brothel in New Orleans. Oh, very nice.

Bush's Surgeon-General from 2002-2006, Richard Carmona, maintained that the Bush administration silenced any scientific debate on stem-cell research or global climate change. No big surprise there — reports of partisan hacks editing government reports on these matters have been cropping up for quite some time now — but it's a hell of a thing for the former S-G to say this sort of thing.

The polls on the Scooter Libby commutation are in. In the SurveyUSA poll, 60 percent of people disagree with the decision, with the rest split between a full pardon and agreeing with the commutation. Even in the category that agreed most with the president — self-identified "conservatives" — only 31 percent are for commutation, 31 percent for a pardon and a plurality of 35 percent disagree with the president.
In the Rasmussen poll, 21 percent agreed with the president, while 47 percent disagreed. The other 32 percent live on Mars.
And those two polls are more or less indicative of all of them. No one agrees with corrupt cronyism. Shocking.

In the ongoing battle between the Vice President and Congress over turning over records to congressional committees, a Senate panel voted to withhold all funding of the Office of the Vice President — because, hey, if his office isn't an agency of the executive branch, why should Congress fund it? Sure, it's a bit childish, but the Vice President's claim that his office is not part of the executive branch is so fucking stupid that any response to it seems reasoned by comparison.

Now, that's quite a list, right, ace? And remember, all of this happened in just the last couple days — Just the last couple days, for God's sake! And the Vitter thing may not get to Bush too much (if anything, it'll allow any cynical liberal political junkie to breathe a sigh of relief, as this could help the extremely vulnerable Democratic Louisiana senator, Mary Landrieu, in her 2008 re-election campaign.), but the rest of it has gotta hurt a little.

And yet, this morning on all the cable news channels, there he was at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new White House press room. He was as quick-witted as he's ever been (not saying much, I know), jokey ... he was the way he used to be. As laidback and yeehaw as at any point since the 2004 election.

The only possible explanation is that he just doesn't give a fuck anymore. And that's how I know he's done.

http://blogs.southflorida.com/citylink_dansweeney/2007/07/how_i_know_bush_is_done.html

[DutchLiberal]

1. "The only possible explanation is that he just doesn't give a fuck anymore."

"And that's how I know he's done."

Has he EVER given a fuck? If you're conclusion is right, he was 'done' ever since the moment he set foot into the White House.

[SteppingRazor]

2. Oh, absolutely he has.

There was a time when he was just as big a true believer as any of his neo-con underlings. That crusading glint in his eye the first couple years of the Iraq War. The blind faith in the infallibility of the Middle East agenda. But I don't think he really buys it anymore. Or at the very least, he's given it up as too difficult. Too much hard work.

[DutchLiberal]

5. Oh, well, when you look at it that way, yes

But I meant: has he ever given a fuck about what the public thought/felt?

[SteppingRazor]

9. Oh! No, I'm fairly certain he hasn't.

I mean, when you consider that he's said he doesn't read the papers and doesn't listen to polls, while at the same time surrounding himself with a bunch of advisors who all feel exactly the same on the issues of the day, it's pretty obvious that he only cares about the opinions of a small group of undemocratic, imperialist greedheads

[Prophet 451]

3. And that is why he is dangerous

Chimpy has already proven to have no qualms about ignoring the law, Congress or dissent so when he has nothing to lose, he is at his most dangerous.

[SteppingRazor]

4. It's a good point, but it's a double edged sword...

Yeah, he has nothing to lose, but I also think he doesn't really care anymore.

Iraq's a mess? Whatever.
Immigration? Meh.

I think the president has gone completely into "watch this drive" mode. He'll spend most of the next year playing golf, riding his bike and watching baseball.

[frogcycle]

8. it is consistent with his personality and track record

He is a born loser. Failed at everything he ever tried. He does not have it in him to actually see something through. Life is just a series of escapades. He'd rather be golfing, drinking, occasionally doing some self-aggrandizing posturing, than actually addressing a problem. Attention deficit, big time.

I saw the performance this morning too. Just shortly after adding names, faces, and stories to my KIA website. I don't think I could despise any human being more than I do him.


Pfc. Le Ron A. Wilson, 18, of Queens, N.Y.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/07/11/2007-07-11_killed_while_living_his_dream_in_iraq.html
Killed while 'living his dream' in Iraq

Queens G.I., 18, felled by roadside bomb on Baghdad's mean streets

BY OREN YANIV and BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Wednesday, July 11th 2007, 4:00 AM

A Queens teenager who told his family "I'm living my dream" fighting in Iraq died when his Army unit was hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, military officials said yesterday.

Pfc. Le Ron Wilson, 18, of the Army's 26th Brigade Support Battalion, and a fellow soldier were killed Friday while on patrol in the Iraqi capital, officials said. "I'm proud of him, of everything he did," Wilson's heartbroken mother, Simona Francis, 42, told the Daily News last night.

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Wilson immigrated to New York when he was 11. Even before then, he was determined to become a soldier, his mother said. "He loved it," said Francis, who last spoke to her son June 30 by phone. "He lived for that. He told me, 'I'm living my dream.'"

For his 17th birthday, Wilson asked his mother to sign enlistment papers so he could join the Army before turning 18. He went into the military the day he graduated from Thomas Edison High School in Jamaica in June 2006. "I always said whatever he chose I would support him," said Francis, of Brookville, Queens. "That's what he truly wanted."

Wilson shipped out to Iraq in May, a little nervous but thrilled to serve his adopted country, his mother said. "He said he wanted to go to Iraq," she said. "He was excited to get his combat patch." Despite his age, Wilson, who trained as a weapons repair specialist at Fort Stewart, Ga., had already achieved two promotions and had twice been selected soldier of the month in his battalion, his mother said.

"By the time actual training had started, he was already the senior man in his unit at 17-1/2," Wilson's proud father, Lawrence Wilson, told the Trinidad and Tobago Express newspaper.

He said his son "could have been the next Colin Powell," the Harlem-reared son of Jamaican immigrants who rose to the rank of four-star general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff before becoming secretary of state.

"Le Ron was bright as a bulb," Lawrence Wilson said. "He joined the Army because he felt he was being of service to humanity. That was the kind of person he was."

Wilson's body arrived in a flag-draped coffin at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Monday. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Church in Springfield Gardens. He will be buried with full military honors at Long Island National Cemetery.

[Kikosexy2]

10. powdering (doing coke again)...

and boozing it up...

[SteppingRazor]

11. I don't know that the dude's still into booger sugar, but ...

yeah, I can definitely see him hitting the bottle, assuming he hasn't already (and, more than likely, he has).

[katty]

6. agree-he doesn't give a rats ass anymore...good list!

[Slyder]

7. But remember

George W. Bush still has control of the US's nuclear arsenal. I hope he still gives a fuck about something and does not blow up the world out of boredom, carelessness, or because he is just pissed off some morning.