In other words, with his statement George Bush just thumbed his nose at 65% of the American people (again). What HE thinks is right is what counts, not what a majority of Americans thinks is right. So you have to ask yourself ... when we elect a president are we voting for his principles or are we voting for someone whom we think will listen to the voice of the people and govern accordingly? At what point should one take priority over the other?

But when George Bush said that the United States won't pull out of Iraq while he's president, now that's something else again. Are those the words of a man who's confident that he's right or are those the words of a man who thinks the United States is a monarchy? Could Mr. Bush be thumbing his nose at Congress too? Has he forgotten that Congress has the power to end our occupation of Iraq very simply and easily in a way that our Constitution provides for and our founding fathers intended? By cutting off any and all funding for the Iraq war, Congress could not only end our 3+ year debacle but they'd also be doing what they took an oath of office to do ... "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic". If anyone has proved himself to be an enemy of our Constitution, I would suggest that it's George Bush, not Osama Bin Laden.

If I'm a Democrat I'm declaring loud and clear that no American president has the right or the power to continue to wage a war without the consent of Congress and for George Bush to imply otherwise smacks of an imperial presidency, not a democratic presidency.

John Hinderaker obviously attended the Harriet Meier School of Hyperbole and Hero Worship.

Oh, by the way, Mr. H., the object of your profound affection is "miles above his mean-spirited liberal critics" because he just plain doesn't give a rat's ass what anyone thinks. In the unlikely event you ever decide to pull your head out of your ass and take a look around, you might discover that it isn't just the "ignorant left" who think he's put this country on the wrong track, handed our government over to big business and special interests, and put all of us at risk with his ignorant and misguided foreign policy.

P.S. You're one of the few who think those digressions and interpolations are priceless ... to the rest of us it's just another sign that your hero's so intellectually challenged that he can't even manage to speak in complete sentences.

How many times have we heard George Bush vow to restore "integrity and ethics" or "honor and dignity" or "integrity and values" to the White House? And how many times has he had a chance to do just that and chosen to do the exact opposite instead? Renominating a partisan hack like Ken Tomlinson to serve on the board of ANYTHING is yet another flagrant example of George Bush choosing cronyism over integrity. It was painfully obvious that Tomlinson had the integrity of an ashtray when he served on the CPB board and he obviously didn't turn over a new leaf after his public disgrace and resignation. I have no idea who will have to confirm Tomlinson's renomination as chairman of the broadcasting board, but if the State Department had any balls they'd be doing whatever it takes to get Kenneth Tomlinson off their board and out of government. (Or can King George do a recess appointment for the State Department's broadcasting board too?!?!)

What he neglected to mention was that those three Shakespeares that he read were the instruction manuals for his new Shakespeare 250 Prius spinning reel, the Shakespeare WonderPole that Laura bought for him and the really cool Shakespeare Ugly Stik Spincasting Kit that Cheney gave him.

Sorry, Mr. Liar, but anybody who really read Shakespeare would have said "I read "Hamlet", "Taming of the Shrew" and "Macbeth"", not "I read three Shakespeares". (And who are you kidding? When Laura suggested Camus, you know as well as I do that she was referring to Jethro Camus' long-awaited "Anthology of Outhouse Humor-Volume 2", and then only because of the 3 chapters devoted entirely to farts and farting.)

If Bush is so confident that the detainees he's apprehended are guilty, then why is he so afraid to give them a fair trial?

I'm surprised Tony Snow hasn't told President Crabby-Pants to stop calling on David Gregory.

And, as usual, when he knows there's no *good* answer to a question at one of these press conferences, Bush just proceeds to answer some imaginary question of his own choosing. And what would one of these press conferences be without the usual Bush hyperbole whenever he thinks he's not going to get his way? In this case, ohmygod, we'll have to totally stop interrogating all detainees unless or until someone spells out for Mr. Bush just exactly how much torture is too much torture. (I think somebody needs a nap.)

This little exchange may not show up on NBC Nightly News tonight but here's hoping it shows up on Keith Olbermann's Countdown. I wanna see that flinty look he gets in those beady eyes of his and I wanna hear how his good ol' boy drawl disappears when someone dares treat him with something less than 110% respect.

Who'd have thunk it -- maybe the Republicans are actually going to start putting some of the fun back into politics!