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Wednesday, December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

The buck stops where?

Our delusional president laments the "intelligence failure" that identified nonexistent WMD in Iraq and admits he was "unprepared" for war.

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  • Wednesday, December 3, 2008 08:43 PM

    What is most astounding to me

    is not that he lies. That is to be expected.

    It is the simple fact that, after failing in every single way possible as a president, as an administration, as a political philosophy, including, but not limited to:

    Ignoring warnings about the impending Al Quaida attack of 9/11

    Falsifying evidence to justify the Iraq invasion

    Outing a top intelligence agent

    The abysmal and horrific failure of the Iraq war

    The gutting of the Bill of Rights

    Torture

    Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans

    The collapse of our economy (threatening the global economy as well)

    After all that ... and there is so much more ...

    after all that ... this weak and puny, intellectually inferior, cowardly (as are all the chicken hawks) little ex-cheerleader rich-kid deserter somehow makes it all about HIM:

    "I'm proud I didn't sell my soul for politics."

    This tells us everything we have ever needed to know about George Bush, and the forces and interests he represents.

    Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

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