Bush Drinking ?

JAY LENO
A new poll says that 40 percent of Americans still mistakenly believe that Iraq was responsible for 9/11. The sad part? Two of those people: Bush and Cheney.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair left office today after 10 years. President Bush is upset. Although they told President Bush that Blair just went to "live on a farm."

Elizabeth Edwards called Ann Coulter on Chris Matthews’s "Hardball" yesterday to complain about the attacks on her husband. It’s a good thing Coulter hasn’t attacked Giuliani. She’d have three angry wives calling her. They’d have to get a conference call going
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George Bush: Grasping, Fixated and...Resolute?
by BarbinMD
Mon Jul 02, 2007 at 02:41:13 AM PDT
As the war in Iraq marches inexorably on, having already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives with no end in sight, what is our Commander-in-Chief doing to resolve the greatest foreign policy disaster in this nation's history? According to an incredibly bizarre article in today's Washington Post, George Bush is inviting authors, historians, philosophers and theologians to the White House, where:
Over sodas and sparkling water, he asks his questions: What is the nature of good and evil in the post-Sept. 11 world? What lessons does history have for a president facing the turmoil I'm facing? How will history judge what we've done? Why does the rest of the world seem to hate America? Or is it just me they hate?
Apparently he only wrestles with the question of why no one likes him over a beer when he's in Germany, but I digress. The important point here is, huh? Those are his questions? Well, let me help him out. The answers are, 3,580 U.S. troops have been killed, 34,650 have been wounded, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died, terrorism is increasing worldwide because of our presence in Iraq, not to mention that our moral standing across the globe is in the toilet. Instead of worrying about popularity and how history will judge him, perhaps he could take a few minutes out of his busy pity party schedule to think about the here and now.
From its opening title, "A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease," to its final Bush quote of, "I'm doing okay, don't worry about me," one can't help but think that this belongs in an issue of Psychology Today, rather than as the feature article in a national newspaper. Peppered with quotes from friends, their concern for his loneliness, the burden on his shoulders, his isolation and fatalism, is followed up with their admiration for his serenity and calm. And events in his presidency are presented as somehow, "beyond his control," and darn it, just not fair:
Since winning reelection 2 1/2 years ago, Bush has had few days of good news, and what few he has had rarely lasted. Purple-fingered Iraqis went to the polls to establish a democracy but elected a dysfunctional government riven by sectarian strife. U.S. forces hunted down Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, but the violence only worsened. Saddam Hussein was convicted, but his execution was marred by videotaped taunting.
And who doesn't hate it when an execution is marred by taunting? But Bush's bad luck doesn't stop there. Republicans are angry at him, even Laura Ingraham took him to task and he can't throw out the first pitch at a baseball game because people might boo him. It seems that being the President really is hard work. And as this odd and rather mawkish trip through the psyche of George Bush winds down, we are told by a "close friend" that:
There isn't any doubt that he is totally and completely aware of all the existing circumstances around him.
To think that this person felt this point needed to be clarified is nearly as disturbing as the article itself.
And for another take on the this, please read Lithium Cola's excellent diary
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Four Years Ago Today
by BarbinMD
Mon Jul 02, 2007 at 01:06:47 AM PDT
Today marks the fourth anniversary of a phrase that will go down in infamy. On July 2, 2003, George W. Bush was asked about the rising casualty rates in Iraq. His response?
...anybody who wants to harm American troops will be found and brought to justice. There are some who feel like that if they attack us that we may decide to leave prematurely. They don't understand what they're talking about, if that's the case.
Let me finish. There are some who feel like -- that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring them on.
And since that swaggering schoolboy taunt, 3,372 U.S. troops have been killed in Iraq. Mission accomplished, Mr. President.
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Joe Lieberman Praises McCain, Giuliani

Independent Sen. Joseph Lieberman is praising Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Rudy Giuliani for not blindly following their political base on issues such as immigration ands abortion.
Lieberman, a former Democrat from Connecticut, said Sunday he is not ready to endorse a Republican for the 2008 race. But he made clear his disappointment with the Democratic candidates because of their positions against the war in Iraq.
"I'm not going to make my selection of who to support for president in '08 based on party," Lieberman said.
"I'm going to choose to support whichever of the candidates I think will be the best president of the United States to protect our security against the threat of Islamist terrorism and to rebuild America's economy, health care system, environment and education system," he said.
Lieberman praised in particular McCain's support for the recently failed immigration overhaul bill. It would have paved the way for legalization of millions of unlawful immigrants. The measure was supported by President Bush but bitterly opposed by conservatives.
He also pointed to Giuliani's refusal to oppose abortion rights.
In contrast, Lieberman said, Democratic candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards oppose the Iraq war out of deference to "vested interest groups within the left."