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One could never adequately ridicule George W. Bush, but that should not stop us from trying.
George W. Bush is first and foremost, and in all ways a coward. He is a man who evaded serving in Viet Nam and then went on to leave his post while on a cushy active reserve state side assignment. He is a man who qualmlessly sent men and women to die and be maimed on assignments he would have moved heaven and earth to escape and evade himself. He is a man who orders others to physically and psychologically abuse defenseless men in US custody. He is a man who will use the great force of our nation to wrecklessly kill, maim, capture, detain and otherwise destroy fellow human beings.
George W. Bush has presided over some of the worst disasters in our nation's history and through omission and commission has either materially exasserbated the damage, or one could argue was participatorily and contributorily negligent in many of them, including 9/11 and Katrina.
Joan is right to point out the psychological evidence that demonstrates and confirms what we already know about this coward. Just as former patriots cried "Remember the Alamo" to stir the hearts and focus the minds of fellow citizens, so must we now and for the lifetime of our generation repeat "Remember Bush".
