How Much Can This Country Stand?

Although it has been clear since the beginning for many of us, It has become very clear by George W Bush’s appearance on 60 minutes Sunday that we indeed have a delusional madman in the oval office – one that needs to be immediately removed if it wasn’t for the frightening aspect that an even more seriously ill madman waits in the wings to take charge. This country and the rest of the world are in deep shit!

Who do we have to thank for this mess? There’s plenty of blame to go around but more and more I want to kick Ralph Nader’s ass. Despite all the good Nader has done in the past, the Bush presidency will be Nader’s most remembered legacy. Sad isn’t it?

And we also need to give thanks to the DLC and the good ‘ol boy power network, the elitist assholes who torpedoed Howard Dean and orchestrated John Kerry as the Democratic candidate for 2004. We need to thank them not only for four additional years of hell under George Bush but for the 12 years of blunders that handed power to the corrupt band of pirates and corporate thugs that are dragging this nation to its knees.

Let’s take a look at Bush’s appearance on 60 Minutes yesterday.


When asked, Bush said he saw the Internet video of Saddam Hussein's execution but stopped watching before the trap door opened under the former Iraqi leader. "I didn't want to watch the whole thing," Bush said.

What does that say about Bush? He said he “didn’t WANT to watch the whole thing.”

Did it make Bush queasy to watch someone die? The same Bush that as Governor of Texas reportedly delighted in ordering executions? Remember the infamous video of Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker who pleaded for her life, screwing up his face and saying in a falsetto voice, “Please don’t kill me”, as he smirked and smiled in arrogant satisfaction with himself?

This is the man that many of you reading this voted for president. Think about it!

Or did Bush just lie to us again? Did he really watch the whole thing as many of us did but chose to lie to us? Was it a political ploy? Did he think if he said he didn’t watch it this might portray him as compassionate and sensitive - or as someone who was not titillated by violence and torture as his image, history and reports of his youth suggest?

Was he also trying to suggest that he doesn’t have time for such trivial events, that he is above the things that common men involve themselves with - that he is busied with his ongoing conversation with God, ruling the world, and making decisions for the good of all mankind?

Shudder! Shudder!

Like the mad and arrogant dictator he has become Bush also said he wasn't bothered by his low approval ratings and called himself the "educator in chief," arguing that sharing his views would help to overcome public and congressional resistance. "I'm going to have to keep explaining," he said.

What arrogance and insanity from someone totally out of touch with reality. This man, who the entire world except for a small number of confused Americans (30% we are told) recognizes as someone who is delusional and seriously lacking in intelligence and reasoning power, believes himself to be one who possesses a level of knowledge and wisdom superior to everyone else. Amazing and scary!

Here is a crazed despot, clearly as mad and delusional as Kim Jong Il, who says he must be patient with the ignorant subjects of his kingdom until they are finally educated by him.

And when asked about his decision to ignore Congress and the Iraq Study Group’s report and once again send more troops into harms way, Bush defiantly said "I fully understand they could TRY to stop me from doing it." And when asked whether he thought he had the authority to send additional troops in the face of opposition from the Democratic majority in Congress, Bush said: "In this situation, I do, yeah."

This delusional man-child king, with Cheney at his side, is defying Congress and the American people! Bush is so delusional he apparently has a Joan of Arc syndrome, believing he was visited by God and sees himself as the savior of the world from the evil Satan.

He as much as said, TRY to stop me from doing whatever I decide to do. Could this be a cry for help from a deranged person who subconsciously understands he’s out of control and wants to be stopped from committing more insane acts? Psychologists have discovered this very condition in pedophiles and serial killers.

Never in the history of this country, we are told, has there ever been a more dictator-like president, one who tramples the constitution, ignores the people and acts with the arrogance, ignorance and ineptness of one of the impudent, whimsical child kings of the middle-ages; one who believes he has God-ordained supreme power over all people regarding all things.

Isn’t it time his own party steps forward and takes action to save this country? Are they so blinded by ego and consumed by power and avarice they can’t realize the gravity of what Bush and Cheney are doing to this nation?

And as for the citizens of this nation, why are you not in the streets? Where is the public outcry? How much more can the people stand?