Brad Reed, a contributor to the great Sadly, No blog, provides a list of the 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency. Among things not making the cut:
warrantless wiretapping; Valerie Plame; Scooter Libby's sentence commuted; Bush believes Rafael Palmeiro is innocent; soldiers face neglect at Walter Reed; signing statements; the Kyoto treaty ripped up; loyalty oaths; the fake turkey; a staged teleconference with troops, staged FEMA press conference, extraordinary rendition, support for junk science; endorsement of neo-creationist "intelligent design"; inaction against global warming; record oil prices; record budget deficits; record trade deficits; record number of Americans without health insurance; two recessions; no-bid contracts; bin Laden still at large; the Federal Marriage Amendment; stem cell research vetoed; waterboarding ban vetoed; "Last throes"; "Old Europe"; "It's hard work"; "Bring it on"; "Yo, Blair!"; "I'm the decider"; "I'm the commander guy"; "I'm a war president"; "This is the guy who tried to kill my dad"; "So?"; "Let the Eagle Soar"; John Bolton; Kenny Boy; Harriet Miers; John Roberts; Sam Alito; Blair talks Bush out of bombing al-Jazeera; Cheney shoots some guy in the face; the Military Commissions Act; Jose Padilla arrested and held without charge or access to counsel; endless tax cuts for the rich; let's waste a shitload of money by sending people to Mars and let's hire some Heritage Foundation staffers to rebuild Iraq.I love that Bush's presidency has been such an epic disaster that the vice president shooting a guy in the face is merely towards the end of the "honorable mention" list.
At any rate, I think I can say with confidence that an Obama Administration would produce nothing nearly as horrific as "Let the Eagle Soar."
Posted by Stephen Silver at July 2, 2008 08:49 PMIt gets worse. Happy 4th of July.....
Posted by: Phillybits at July 2, 2008 11:51 PM