Special Comment

I'm sitting here watching the Charlie Gibson interview with President Bush. I've read articles poking fun at it. I watched John Stewart do his usual, hilarious bit on most of what was said. (I, too, will feel a pain in the heart when I can't hear him rail on Bush every night...but I suppose there are other things having to do with politics that might be marginally more important than my giggles.) But as I sit here and watch it again - how dare this guy say these things without the slightest bit of regret, remorse, or even acknowledgement that he has put this country, and the world as a whole, through some of the worst times in modern history.

"You know, I'm the President during this period of time, but I think when the
history of this period is written, people will realize a lot of the decisions
that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so, before I arrived
in President, during I arrived in President."

Okay - THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. He's acting like, to put it in terms I can understand, a junior architect at a small architecture firm. He's saying "Well, you know - it's not my fault. This shit was already here, so I was like 'whatever.' I mean, who am I to change it?" If he doesn't take responsibility - who does? Apparently, his father. (which is even more weird - "over a decade or so" hits his father's term dead on...some serious Oedipal stuff going on here...) And not only that - and this is obvious - "before I arrived as President, during I arrived in President" - ARE YOU SERIOUS? I know we don't all speak perfectly during live interviews, but 90% of my international friends who use English as their 2nd or 3RD language don't butcher it like this. And oh yeah - have I mentioned that THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

GIBSON: Did you call him on Tuesday about the Fed putting up $600 billion, and
Treasury $200 billion --
BUSH: Yes, yes.
GIBSON: You called him about
that, too?
BUSH: I sure did -- oh, no, no, no, I have not on that.

---HUH?? So what exactly did "Yes, yes" mean? That first yes might have been just a 'kneejerk' reaction yes - kind of like when Cheney said "Hey G - you want to give those mo-fos some shock and awe?" And then Gibson saying, in complete shock "You called him about that too?" And George, starting with "I SURE DID." Can you get more affirmative than that? And on the dime, he does a 180. "Oh, NO, NO, NO." Like "Oh, silly Charlie. Silly, Silly Gibby-Wibby. What do you think I am, a TARD?"

BUSH: Oh, yes. As I said, some times are happy, some not happy. I don't want
people to misconstrue. It's not -- I don't feel joyful when somebody loses their
life, nor do I feel joyful from somebody loses a job. That concerns me. And the
President ends up carrying a lot of people's grief in his soul during a
presidency. One of the things about the presidency is you deal with a lot of
tragedy -- whether it be hurricanes, or tornadoes, or fires, or death -- and you
spend time being the Comforter-in-Chief. But the idea of being able to serve a
nation you love is -- has been joyful. In other words, my spirits have never
been down. I have been sad, but the spirits are up.

Well, I'm exceedingly happy for you, Mr. Pwesidennn. Those hurricanes you speak of...any idea that those were actually partly caused by YOU and your irresponsible ecological decisions? Those deaths you speak of - were you referring to the innocent Iraqi civilians who lost their lives because of the war you started based on false pretense, ego, and bigotry - ALMOST 100,000 OF THEM??? Well - I'm sure the families of the 100,000 dead are having a rough day every now and then - but at least you haven't beaten yourself up about it. I mean - the last thing anybody in this world wants is for your feelings to be hurt.

GIBSON: ...do you feel you were in any way able to change Washington? Or do you
feel --
BUSH: I think we did. I think we brought a results-oriented
government, and we insisted that people focus on results...

You dick.

GIBSON: Is there one more deal in you? Is there one more thing you really want
to achieve?
BUSH: ...wouldn't it be interesting for baby boomers not to
retire in nice places, but to retire -- during their retirement, go help people
deal with malaria or AIDS. In other words -- and I'm not suggesting that's
what I'm going to do, but it is the kind of thing that intrigues me.

John Stewart hit this one out of the park. He said something like "That's like going up to a homeless man on the street and saying 'Hey, wouldn't it be great if I just walked up to you and gave you, like, $10,000 or something? Heh. Man, that'd be something. Well, see ya!" I mean - THIS GUY IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!! He's been giving these interviews for 8 years. He just a)distanced himself from "normal" baby boomers, and b)said that he's really NOT THAT interested in helping the world after he leaves office, such as his father and Clinton are doing right now. Ugh. Can you even imagine Barack Obama saying anything remotely as stupid as this?

Look, I have to stop typing about this or I'm going to have a heart attack. It just makes me mad and depressed that after this whole emotional lift of Obama's victory, and even with all the high expectations of what will come, there are still people in the world who still think this guy deserved to be President. They don't realize that he lowered expectations for our most important position of Government. They don't realize how he ripped the constitution to shreds on so many occasions. They will continue to believe crap that he spews out, and similar crap spewed out by similar evil politicians in the future. And with two wars, the worst economic crisis since the great depression, the whole evil, evil Proposition 8 debacle...there's just still so much evil, negativity, and stupidity in this world. And I'm not blaming John Stewart for joking about it. John Stewart is a freaking comedian. It's his job. But Charlie Gibson - PLEASE. Act like a f****ng journalist. Please. Take your job seriously, Sir. An "Uh-Oh moment?" He actually asked Bush if he had "an Uh-Oh moment." Why is he being let off the hook like this? Why don't we look at these crimes more seriously? As the great David Cross once put it, we're treating this guy like he just won a bronze medal in the Special Olympics.

Hopefully more upbeat commentary tomorrow.