W Places Apple On Head, Dares Nation To Shoot it Off

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Great column on HuffPo by Tom Gilroy

If you missed the President's address to the nation last night, here's all you really need to know: he dared us to impeach him.

W basically got up there and said, 'I'm the same incompetent buffoon I was 6 years ago, and I'm staying the course. What're you gonna do about it?' He stared the country down and dared us to acknowledge the miles-long list of crimes and failures trailing behind him like a swatch of toilet paper stuck to the heel of an Alzheimer's patient shuffling out of a public restroom...

THIS is how to do it! Note how he doesn't talk about "weak Democrats"? He just unloads both barrels straight into *.

Well done.

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1. And then there's the Onion...

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44892

President Creates Cabinet-Level Position To Coordinate Scandals

February 1, 2006 | Issue 42•05

...Many conservatives have criticized Bush's proposal, saying that it only creates more big government.

"Teapot Dome and the fraud scandals of the Grant Administration proceeded splendidly without government oversight," National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg said. "Officials received kickbacks and granted favors without any knowledge beyond their circle until after the fact. They knew what they were doing and didn't need any oversight. We need to return to the days when unfettered capitalism and enlightened self-interest led the way."

Bush defenders, however, said today's corruption scandals are far too complex to be allowed to take an unregulated course.

"We can't afford to have the American people lose faith in the government's ability to spearhead an effective scandal," TV commentator Sean Hannity said. "The sheer number of major scandals has gone way up in the past few years—but the level of scandal coordination has remained at Clinton-era levels. The system is obsolete. Plain and simple. I for one applaud Bush for bringing corruption management into the 21st century."

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4. Oh shit that's funny

We need a reall good graphic on that one, maybe crown Harriet Miers the old school marm trying to keep the rascals in check?? Or since they already called her the cleaning lady, we could translate that into her cleaning up the bad boys' messes?

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2. And the Rude Pundit

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2006/02/state-of-union-is-why-fuckin-bother.html

However, the Katrina part and so many other sections of the speech existed in some nebulous bizarro America, without the existence of Republicans, neo-cons, religious nutzoids, and corporate hegemonies dictating policy. When Bush would bring up a problem, the only rational response would be, "Umm, who created that problem?" Stigma of AIDS? Lack of OB-GYNs? Don't think that was liberals who drove OB-GYNs out of rural counties. Too many special interest projects? Who's running the f***in' Congress and who's signin' the budgets? And Bush sayin' that Americans are "addicted to oil" is like your crack dealer standin' over your shakin'...body and tellin' you it's time to get off the crack, but, hey, while you're doin' that, you wanna buy some crack? (And his vague, unfunded proposals on weaning us off the crude teat sound like they're lifted from Jimmy Carter's late 1970s speeches and cleansed of any meaning.)

(Edited to make it slightly less rude;-))

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3. Finally, Michael Scherer in

Salon: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/01/sotu/

Feb. 1, 2006 | WASHINGTON -- In his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Bush delivered a bold statement to the nation: He had nothing new left to say.

The hourlong speech he delivered was cut almost entirely from his past congressional and policy addresses. His proposals had already been proposed. His defenses had already been offered. His visionary statements were visionary months or years ago. Rather than the live feed, the networks could have just simulcast tape from 2004 or 2005: With the exception of Bush's opening homage to Coretta Scott King and his defense of warrantless wiretaps, America might not have noticed the difference...