Of course, I am writing about Our Fearless Leader, Dubya. I think Molly Ivins coined the phrase from which I plagiarize my title for today. Let me just count the ways in which I despise the President of the United States. No longer the leader of the free world, because, let's be honest, the United States hasn't been a leader in the freedom area for quite some time.
The Constitution? A piece of paper. The Bill of Rights? Except for the Second Amendment, less than toilet paper. Cruel and unusual punishment? Nothing fits that category anymore. The Geneva Convention? Nobody actually expects those silly little compacts to apply to us, do they? Women's rights to bodily integity? Say wha?
And the sad thing is, Dubya does remind me of my first and only husband (but now my ex). They both have the same difficulty with the reality based community (mainly me, for the Insane Ex). Reality is such a personal thing for them.
What triggered this? Listening to NPR and hearing Dubya say that we needed to keep up the war in Iraq because Al-Qaeda is a risk there. Well, it wasn't on September 10, 2001 (or September 11 or September 12). Al Qaeda had no presence in Iraq, and if it does now, it's only because of Dubya's Dumb Detour of Devastation in the once Fertile Crescent. Mess-o-potamia indeed.
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He's got a lovely smile though, hasn't he?
It truly drives me nuts that even though it's been well documented that Al-Qaeda and bin Laden have nothing to do with Iraq/Saddam/whatever, he still insists on throwing that out there. Folks believe it, too. I had a student last semester who said he was only for the war in Iraq because of bin Laden. Once I showed him document after document stating that he was not tied to Saddam nor Iraq, he blinked and said, never mind...I'm not for the war anymore.
Sigh.
I'm going to miss Molly Ivins.
And yeah...he keeps talking about Al-Queda in Iraq because some people are stupid enough to believe him and elect him.
Vicus: Please get your vision checked, ASAP. If you were wearing the appropriate corrective devices and still think he has a lovely smile, well, there are medications that can help with that.
Kira and Laurita: It never fails to amaze me that there are still people who believe what comes out of his mouth, despite all evidence of the truth to the contrary and his long history of lying like a rug.
he still has a damn fine lookin' daughter in Jenna mind.....
its almost worth being a Republican just to be nearer her eh? ;)
Cookie: You can do better.
I wonder which president reminds every man of his first wife?
Actually, I agree with vicus. Ideology aside, he has a very engaging smirk. Yet, as Shakespeare reminds us, one may smile and smile, yet still be a villain.
President who reminds most men of their first wife? I'd say Jimmy Carter or Richard Nixon.
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