hey, cowboy

(Nice outfit, Preznint Dickhead.  I see you found yourself a cop.  So, where's your Biker and your Indian?) 

Speaking of egregious fuckery:

With Congress out of town, Bush tried to take the upper hand over Democrats who are making increasing forays into foreign policy as his term dwindles and his approval ratings remain low.

(snip)

Nearly two months ago, Bush asked for more than $100 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year. Congress has approved the money, but the Senate added a provision also calling for most U.S. combat troops to be out of Iraq by March 31, 2008. The House version demands a September 2008 withdrawal.

These bills still must be reconciled before legislation can be sent to the president.

"They need to come off their vacation, get a bill to my desk, and if it's got strings and mandates and withdrawals and pork I'll veto it," the president said. "And then we can get down to the business of getting this thing done."

Uh, excuse me, Preznint Little Boots, but exactly what are you doing for the rest of the week? (via Salon's War Room)

We thought there was just a little irony in George W. Bush's complaining this morning that Congress left for its spring break before getting him a final version of the "emergency" supplemental spending bill for Iraq.

It turns out we weren't the only ones.

Think Progress caught the following post-press-conference commentary from CNN's Elaine Quijano: "We should mention President Bush is heading to his ranch in Crawford, Texas, tomorrow to begin his own Easter weekend break."

You know, if my approval ratings were about to start scraping the upper 20's, my personal attorney was about to get crucified by the Congress as the most corrupt AG in US history, and key members of my administration were facing charges by Congress for refusal to turn over documents related to an official investigation, I might just stay in town for the weekend and go to Easter mass at the National Cathederal or something.  But not the Narcissisist in Chief. He's got brush to clear and a La-Z-Boy recliner to investigate for ties to terrorism.  Crawford, here we come!

Do you suppose our self-centered little American Qadaffi has bothered to visit his friend Tony Snow in the hospital even once?  Just wondering.

The rest of Preznint Pissypants's little presser was just as painfully stupid and arrogant.

Why is the War in Iraq different from all other conflicts in the history of mankind?  

9/11.

Here we go again

One more from the president's press conference this morning: "What makes Iraq different from previous struggles is that September the 11th showed that chaos in another part of the world and/or safe haven for killers, for radicals, affects the security of the United States."

Okay, so Fox News has made certain that 70% of the public believes that Iraq was responsible for 9/11, but is the President still one of them? 

Did George and Barbara have any children that lived? 

Howie, help me out here: 

Today's right-wing rat jumping off the sinking ship is Vic Gold, a personal pal of Lynne Cheney's who spills the beans to the Washington Post. Actually all the beans are coming in his soon-to-be-published (this month) book, Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP.

Until then we'll just have to be satisfied with what Gold, a close associate of Bush's father and a true believer from the Barry Goldwater days of conservatism, had to say to the Post:

"For all the Rove-built facade of his being a 'strong' chief executive, George W. Bush has been, by comparison to even hapless Jimmy Carter, the weakest, most out of touch president in modern times," Gold writes. "Think Dan Quayle in cowboy boots."

Do I have to?  Can't I just picture a tiny, stunted, angry little penis in a cowboy hat?  (I know, I know.  Same difference.)

In many ways, Gold's tale of disillusionment is a familiar one. There are plenty of veterans of Reagan and Bush 41 around town who believe Bush and Cheney trashed the institutions and party they helped build from the wreckage of the Goldwater campaign.

But there aren't many who have been on a first-name basis with those they believe are doing the trashing. There aren't many like Vic Gold.

Response from inside the Regime has been... interesting. Lynne Cheney called him yesterday to ask if...

...if Gold would rather she made his nuts into earrings or a lovely brooch?  If he wants his family sent to Guantanamo or a black ops site in Hungary?  If he'd rather be castrated or spend the rest of his life as a double amputee?

...the stories circulating in Washington like a wildfire was just an April Fool's joke. When Gold told her that it was no joke, she said, "I am sorry to hear that," exactly what Senator Pete "Sneaky Pete" Domenici (R-NM) said to U.S. Attorney David Iglesias before slamming the phone down on him and calling Rove to get him fired.  

"I am sorry to hear that," Lynne intoned icily, "Watch your back, Vic.  You might find the weather in Washington this spring a little...hazardous to your health, capice?"

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