Bush is so proud, I thought his chest might burst and a million tiny blackbirds would come zinging out. Capturing Adolf Hitler and putting him up for trial is no small feat. Please, do not get me wrong. I think Saddam Hussein is a very, very bad man. I just don't like to go cleaning up other people's houses when mine is dirty. And mine is filthy.
His press conference this morning was nothing short of a "vote for me" speech. He was way prideful and isn't that a sin? He was smug and preening and I think, think mind you, that I saw him pull out a peacock feather and then stick it back into his derriere.
He started his speech talking about how Saddam had spent less than $1 per person in Iraq on health care. Hello!!!!! And how much have you spent per person on health care in America, Mr. Bush? Nothing. Nada. Saddam, Lucifer, Adolf, whatever you want to call him actually has spent more per person than you have.
Then he enumerated his "good works" of this year. Dude, I don't need it, don't want it. Just want a job. Can you help me? Or are you too busy on the phone with another country? That's what I thought. Or with your campaign manager? Okay. I'll wait. I've been waiting a long time anyway.
Please America. Don't get seduced by the propaganda. There's going to be a trial and it will be riveting. A very bad man will be hung. And Georgie will be known as the cowboy who wrangled the sucker. And if they get Bin Laden the momentum will be hard to stop.
America's Monroe Doctrine used to bar such unwieldy entanglement with other countries until Theodore Roosevelt issued a vague corollary (Roosevelt Corollary) allowing the whimsical allowance of US intervention whenever the country deemed it necessary. What a can of worms old Teddy opened on US policy with that one.
In the meantime, let's try to keep a lid on it all and focus on the election. And keeping our own house clean.
