Vintage George Bush

Barry Crimmins on George W. Bush doing the State of the Union thing:

It was a night of vintage George W. Bush -- which is to say he was arrogant, alarmist, petty, presumptuous, preposterous, predictable, pompous, bombastic, belligerent, bellicose, dogmatic, defensive, delusional, disingenuous, duplicitous, self-righteous, swaggering, stammering, smug, smarmy, irrational, illogical, impervious, insincere, manipulative, maudlin, far-fetched, taunting, threatening, intellectually bankrupt, ethically bereft, factually impoverished, jingoistic and awful. He gave a performance for the ages and the ages will neither forgive nor forget him for it.

Great description of Dubya, except for one word. Vintage?

The State Of The Union Is Troubled

From the New York Times:

Six years ago, President Bush began his State of the Union address with two powerful sentences: “As we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet the state of our union has never been stronger.”

Monday night, after six years of promises unkept or insincerely made and blunders of historic proportions, the United States is now fighting two wars, the economy is veering toward recession and the civilized world still faces horrifying dangers — and it has far less sympathy and respect for the United States.

America is moving forward at such a rapid pace I just can’t keep up. Things just keep getting better and better. The progress we are making is simply astounding. What will George do next to top all of this?

Seriously, has this man done anything good for this country?

The State Of The Union

The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools. Peter Sinfield

How can anyone in his or her right mind stand up and applaud George W. Bush? Over and over and over again, for all the world to see. It is simply disgusting and disheartening. The man is guilty of war crimes and should be impeached and locked up, not lauded. The spectacle of The State Of The Union address last night sickens me. Congress should be ashamed.