President Bush, during Saturday’s radio address: “[A]ll Americans can take pride in the example our democracy sets for the world by holding elections even in a time of war.”
Are you fucking kidding me? I mean, the war we’re fighting isn’t even on our shores (you know, because we’re fighting the terrorists there). There was no chance that the war would make elections practically undoable—no bombs going off in the streets, no lack of electricity on which to run those awesome machines most of us are using these days. At its very essence, what Bush is referencing is his own dictatorial largesse. “I didn’t suspend elections on the wholly anti-American premise that the war imbues with me with the power to do anything I want.” Gee, thanks a heap, bucko.
Meanwhile, here’s a quote back atcha: “All Americans can be ashamed of the woeful economic model our administration has set for the world by giving tax cuts even in a time of war, thereby transferring the cost of the war to future generations.” Chomp on that one, Mr. President.
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