The One With Aldacron

The Decider was in my home state of Georgia recently, talking to people who actually like him. I wish I could have been there to heckle him. There were a few quotes from the article that really stand out.

On the war in Iraq:

Mr. Bush was disdainful of Democratic arguments that the war in Iraq has made the United States less safe than before by stoking anti-American resentment, thus creating a breeding ground for terrorists in the Middle East.

I wonder, is he also disdainful of the National Intelligence Estimate compiled by 16 US spy agencies that say, in no uncertain terms, that the invasion of Iraq has made the United States less safe? Well, yeah, he is:

Accusing his critics of inventing a “rosier scenario” without the intervention in Iraq, Bush dismissed the NIE findings, declaring, “My judgment is, if we weren’t in Iraq, they’d find some other excuse, because they have ambitions.

The Decider’s jugement is, of course, stellar. Moreso than that of the collective wisdom of the 16 intelligence agencies that compiled the NIE. He is, after all, the Decider. He decides things. Just look at his track record.

Another quote, taken from his speech, shows another of the Decider’s unabashed attempts at deception:

“Iraq is not the reason the terrorists are at war against us,” he said. “I would remind the House Democrats our troops were not in Iraq when the terrorists first attacked the World Trade Center in 1993.”

I would remind the Decider that the terrorists who first attacked the World Trade Center in 1993 did not come from Iraq. Neither did the terrorists who attacked it again in 2001. Nor did the terrorists who bombed the US Cole (for which Bush did nothing in retaliation), or the American embassies in Africa (for which Clinton did retaliate). We did not go to Iraq to fight terrorists, Mr. Decider, we went there to find weapons of mass destruction that you claimed, with your stellar judgement, existed. The terrorists followed.

It’s infuriating that he relentlessly claims he was right to go into Iraq, this man who is the worst president in American history. It makes me angry that he refuses to acknowledge his mistakes. But, we can always count on the Decider and his fellow Republicans to bring comic relief even as they are infuriating us:

“We will win this election because Republicans understand the values and priorities of the American people,” Mr. Bush said. “We’ll win this election because our priorities and our values do not shift with the latest political opinion poll or focus group.”

No shifting in priorities because of opinion polls? Hmmm. Does he mean, like, that whole Stay the Course thing? Or maybe he’s referring to George Allen, who put out a campaign commercial decrying negative personal attacks three weeks before launching negative personal attacks on Jim Webb:

Allen’s attack on Webb’s novels occurred three weeks after the senator gave a two-minute speech pleading for a return to issues after having defended himself against personal-character scandals for months. “The negative personal attacks and baseless allegations have also pulled us away from what you expect and deserve,” Allen told voters in the unusual paid television commercial.

Perhaps he’s talking about the host of Republican candidates who used to support him openly but are now treating him as if he has the plague because his approval ratings are so high.

And what’s that about the values of the American people that the Republicans understand? Is he referring to the value of pedophilia? Is he referring to that core Republican value of bigotry? Maybe, homophobia? Or perhaps it’s the culture of corruption fostered by a Republican congress. All of the above?

The Decider is a shining example of the Republican values of lies and deception. Don’t let him fool you.

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