A Defense of Bush You've got to See to Believe

I'm at a loss to find the words to describe the depths of my contempt for Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, who wrote this deranged editorial for the Wall Street Journal. The title: "The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace".

The only explanation I can think of for this reality-defying diatribe is that Shapiro has some kind of disability that gives him a photographic memory when it comes to Bush's words, yet a complete unawareness of Bush's actions. He quotes Bush as though his words actually reflect reality without ever citing the First Retard's actions, policies, and decisions. As if Bush's eight-year record is something other than a string of colossal blunders, fueled by malevolence, incompetence, and megalomania.

"Our failure to stand by the one person who continued to stand by us has not gone unnoticed by our enemies." WHAT?! You have got to be joking, Shapiro! "Stand by us"?! Not since Nixon has a President exhibited such open contempt for the American people, the US Constitution, and the ideals that form the foundation of our badly eroded, collective civic virtue.

I've got news for you, Shapiro: BUSH is the enemy of America...and Cheney, Rove, and all their ilk. They are far more dangerous than any group you'd classify as 'our enemies'. That's a simple verifiable fact.

Pathetic.

"He never lost faith in America or her people, and has tried his hardest to continue leading our nation during a very difficult time."

This is not the fucking Special Olympics, Shapiro. Your beloved Dubya doesn't get any points for "trying his hardest". It is, after all, a "very difficult time" because of Bush.

I completely understand the position that all Americans should exhibit a minimum, baseline level of respect, if not for the President himself, then at least for the office. The trouble is the basis for the position that the office of the Presidency commands a minimal amount of respect is the assumption that the President was democratically elected by a plurality of voters. Not the case with Bush, who was rejected by voters, yet has ruled like a dictator. Those of us who live in the reality-based community expect accountability and a long stretch of prison time.