Friday, October 07, 2005

 

Bush To Country: Deja Boo!

Granted, the NYTimes and War Propogandist Judith Miller got some 'splainin' to do themselves, but I'd say the Times has this about right here:

President Bush's Major Speech: Doing the 9/11 Time Warp Again

The speech came one day after the White House threatened to veto a bill onto which the Senate added a ban on the use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" against prisoners of the American government. This president could not find the spine to veto a bloated transportation bill that included wildly wasteful projects like the now-famous "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska. What kind of priorities does that suggest? If we ever needed the president to demonstrate that he has a working understanding of exactly where he wants to take this country, we need it now.

The president's inability to grow beyond his big moment in 2001 is unnerving. But the fact that his handlers continue to encourage him to milk 9/11 is infuriating. For most of us, the memories are fresh and painful. We mourn the people who died on Sept. 11, as we mourn Daniel Pearl and other Americans, not to mention innocents from other countries, who were murdered by terrorists. The administration's penchant for using them as political cover is offensive. It threatens to turn our wounds, and our current fears, into cynical and desperate spin.

The Grey Lady finally rouses herself from the delusion that Buscho's schtick don't stink. I'm sure she'll snap out of it soon.

posted by Michael 12:03 AM