I confess that things have gotten so bad, I can barely look at GWB when he pops up on TV. It’s physically painful for me, like when I accidentally see some of those surgery closeups on TLC.
But I caught a couple of minutes of his infuriating speech to the U.N. this morning. In the funny way the universe works, all I saw were some strange comments about the international sex trade – what the hell was that doing in a speech about Iraq? So there’s not much else I can comment on. The headline link has a pretty good rundown, for those who can stomach it, from Slate.
Now you know how I’ve felt for nearly three years!
The only good news seems to be the polls. Maybe Americans are wising up. If the world can survive another 16 months of this guy, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel. Please don’t be an oncoming train.
After reading Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the U.S.” and Greg Palast’s “The Best Democracy Money can Buy” the best I’m hoping for is a less obvious, more deceitful sellout to the obscenely rich. Who is willing to throw some crumbs to us. And yes I am hoping for that. I also hope their aren’t more surprises at the polls where thousands of Democrats are somehow not allowed to vote. I am painfully cynical, but you know surprises happen.
Maybe the RNC will target Hispanic districts and only allow Latinos to vote who can recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Bonus for them: omitting “under God” = automatic failure.