'How could he have not looked at how it all went down today and not think "Oh, this is how a legitimate US president gets treated."'

I was thinking the same thing. In addition, I wanted to say to Karl Rove, "See, this is what happens when people actually ELECT a president, rather than just stealing an election. See the difference???"

May the whole gang just rot. Not in hell, just here for the rest of their lives.

. . .was not Obama's fault. HE had it memorized.

Justice Roberts flubbed it.

As John762 has already mentioned, this is just another example of the incompetency of W's appointees.

And this guy is head of the Supreme Court. Sheesh.

"it's reminiscent of Germany after WW2."

I call bullshit. My parents were there, and there was no adoring crowd and certainly no hope. The country lay in ruins.

I could go on, but I think people get the point. EatingRaul doesn't know what he or she is talking about.

I mean, it would be understandable if it happened 2/11/01. But nine months into his presidency? Not to mention that the Clinton people tried to warn him about Bin Laden but he was too focussed on Iraq. Not to mention the 8/01 memo, "Bin Laden determined. . ." I totally blame W and the Repugs in that administration for 9/11.

I have not watched any of W's speeches -- can't stomach them. I thought I could tolerate listening to him say good-bye, but no dice. Couldn't do it. Made me ill just to hear his voice in the next room (my boyfriend watched it -- he's made of stronger stuff).

Lots of good comments so far, but my favorite one is from furtail:

"Good riddance

Fuck you, Bush. May you burn in Hell."

My sentiments EXACTLY!

You're either attracted to the opposite sex, or you're not.

You're either attracted to the same sex, or you're not.

Shades of gray:

You're attracted to both sexes, sometimes equally, sometimes not.

What's the big deal????

I just don’t get how a right-winger’s mind works:

“The only reason for closing Gitmo is to make leftists and some European countries feel better.” -- No, the reason to close it is because it was opened in order to get around our laws. Habeus Corpus is a fundamental right and in the name of the USA, we have decided that Arabs don’t deserve that right.

“That and they may just truly hate America.” – When in doubt, always repeat this tripe.

“Well I have seen firsthand the conditions in which these dangerous men live.” – As someone has already mentioned, when did she get the tour?

“. . .they have three medical personnel for EACH terrorist.” -– Yeah, that’s so we don’t accidentally kill them during torture. I feel better already, doctor.

“Because NO LAWS WERE BROKEN!” –- BECAUSE DICK & W DECIDED IT WOULD BE HANDY DANDY TO OPEN A PRISON WHERE WE DON’T HAVE TO OBEY U.S. LAWS.

“If Obama foolishly chooses to close Gitmo and ship radical jihadists to America, he is saying that our troops haven’t done their jobs,” –- WFT?

“. . .or worse, that they’ve committed atrocities.” – Let’s pretend this never happened and then it never really happened.

After all, didn't he give $350 billion to Wall Street (with nothing to show for it, I might add)?

The American people -- especially conservatives -- need to get comfortable with the idea of Socialism. There's nothing inherently wrong with it. Instead of an "every man for himself" mentality, Socialism is "let's share some of our wealth for the good of all." What's wrong with that?

Oh wait, it's because the wealth would go to those who actually need it -- the poor and middle class.

Can't have that. Nevermind.

And I can proudly say I've never set foot in a Wal-Mart.

Nor do I plan to. I'd rather go without.

"This whole notion that somehow I exceeded my authority here, was usurping his authority, is simply not true. It's an urban legend, never happened."

Translation:

Cheney to the USA: "FU."

"'We must rebuild the Party by focusing on the common purposes and core conservative principles that unite us all -- limited government, a strong national defense and safe homeland and the protection of liberty tempered by personal responsibility.'"

Let's see, how well did that go in the last eight years?

Limited government -- no.

A strong national defense -- Sure, if you call attacking a sovereign country for no reason "defense."

Safe homeland -- Sept. 11 happened after W had been "in charge" (those words need quotes) for NINE MONTHS.

The protection of liberty -- Well that one's laughable.

"Tempered by personal responsibility -- And this is the biggest joke of all.

Don't you have it backwards?

With his sentence only commuted, Scooter doesn't have to testify. If he's pardoned, he would, in theory. (The theory being that there would actually be an investigation. Of course, since no sex was involved, there most likely will not be an investigation.)

"a transparently prevaricating, addicted adolescent, who has cliqued-up with war criminals and disordered demagogues"

You're talking about W, right?

First of all, I've never seen "yarmulke" spelled yamaka. But then we get this:

"the word marriage is a religious, holy, word that people who go to church on sundays are told belongs to them. like yamaka, menorah, or matzo."

O.k., people who "own" the words yarmulke, menorah, and matzo (funny, that last one -- real holy) do NOT got to church on Sundays. They usually go to temple on Saturdays, if they're observing Jews.

"he just wants to wear his yamaka, and me wear my hat."

Uh, I don't think Rick Warren wants to wear a yarmulke. Does he even own one??

But I do get the message she's trying to send. I just think this particular way of putting it makes her look mighty uneducated.