ought to be an impeachable offense. No one who's this off-the-rails has any business being the leader of the United States.

... a President can't be impeached for being two cups full of crazy. He has to commit actual "high crimes and misdemeanors".

Congress could invoke the 25th Amendment, finding him mentally unfit. But that'd never get past the Republicans in the House and, even if it did, you just end up with President Dick Cheney. *Shudder*

The real question is, if 9/11 taught this president that failed states anywhere can be a threat to us here, why did he go out and create another failed state?

We can give Bush credit for one thing: showing us what it is like to have a leader who has no credibility whatsoever.

It ain't pretty.

over and over again it's simply the exercise of free speech?

Bush churns out the standard sound bite....

"What makes Iraq different from previous struggles is that September the 11th showed that chaos in another part of the world and/or safe haven for killers, for radicals, affects the security of the United States."

When you get down to it, how is that different from any other chaotic times? Germany certainly went through chaos during the 1920's with hyperinflation, paving the way for radicals (the NSDAP party) to be voted into office in 1932.

And if chaos breeds insecurity, how exactly does it help the security of these United States to create even MORE chaos by invading countries uninvolved in the 9/11 attack?

Does he really think that he can get anyone to sit up and be afraid whenever he says "9/11?" Aside from the Fox News crowd (and it's infomercial for fear "24") is anyone moved by this? Is this all he has?

Congress ought to pass a new law - immediately - forbidding anyone in this criminal administration from bringing up September 11th again, at any point, until they leave office. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying I am sick and tired of them (especially the morally vacant Bush) using that event as a crutch for whatever current malevolent action they're trying to find justification for. It's gone from being disrespectful to just plain disgusting.

...GW isn't talking to us. He never has been. Ever.

He's talking to the deeply deluded 28% who STILL think he's a great guy. He's staying on message. Staying consistent. I have to hand it to him, he may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but he knows enough to keep dancing with those what brung him. Remember, that 28% probably STILL thinks Saddam planned and funded the 9/11 attacks. They bought the GOP lies from soup-to-nuts, and still do. They can't change their minds, either because they simply don't have the intellectual capacity to do so, or because they're emotionally disordered enough that they can't admit they were so wrong, and fooled so thoroughly.

And, who knows? Maybe more than that 30% buy this silliness even now. The Bush Administration is based on a foundation of lies. Its chief propaganda tactic was honed by the Nazis, and by Stalin: tell a lie often enough, and make the lie big enough, and people will believe it.

I know we know all this, but I think it bears repeating. These guys are--at heart--all acolytes of Joseph Goebbels..Rove most of all. And it's likely that Rove is responsible for the whole "9/11 caused the Iraq occupation" meme.

The man IS stupid.And he still sticks to the lies and deception that created the present mess. Incidentally , does anyone know his IQ? Is it over 50? Just the same, the worst President yet.

how many more "safe havens" are we going to create to give our fine military personnel someplace to practice their craft and try out their equipment?

A careful reading of his remarks (aside from his ruminating invocation of 9/11) could pretty much be used right back at him by the Dems to illustrate his own politicizing of this war bill. As I sat there and painfully watched a man not comfortable in his own skin try to put coherent sentences together, it became obvious once again that he isn't up to this, or any other, task.

The Dems are funding his war, they just want to place limits. They are in support of the troops, they just want better traning and body armor brfore the poor souls get sent back into hell. They want the Iraqis to reach benchmarks, they just don't want them openended. A Bush veto will cause the halting of the funding, not the Bill both houses will be sending up. By the by, Bush invokes rememberences of a playground bully when he gets peeved. Apparently the Dems have figured out how to get under his skin. Imagine if he had been subjected to six years of accountability instead of a paultry three months...

bcoogler, the Nazis in the elections of 1932 were not the party with the most votes. That honor went to the Social Democrats. Like the appointment of King George the Turd by the Supreme Court in 2000, Hitler was appointed as Chancellor by the than President von Hindenburg to lead a coalition of right wing and centrist parties, on January 30, 1933. The similarity of those two ascendancies is stunning to say the least, except that Hitler waited for 6 years to start his war, based on lies and deception, while Dubya needed only two. But then, when Hitler took over the power in Germany there were only armed forces of 100 000 without a legal Air Force and with very limited eqipment, while Bush had the worlds strongest military at his disposal. Hitler lost and paid with his life, while Bush lost but is apparently planning another adventure.

The petulant baby showed through again today. He acts like a 6 year old throwing a fit because he's not getting his way. Sorry, little Georgie.

This is what happens when you ignore every intelligent and/or divergent point of view for six years. Eventually everyone realizes you are wrong and goes against you. Congress and the public have had enough. You are alone and your presidency is over. You aren't respected at home, you aren't respected abroad.

No one bothers to work with you, because they know you won't work with them. You'll throw your fits, and go sit in the corner until you get your way. It worked with your Republican lap dogs, but they are all gone, Georgie. You won't be getting your little way anymore. Congress doesn't want your way and neither does the public; including many of the people you manipulated for all those years.

For someone so intent on treating the rest of the world like they are bunch of children, while you are the adult, it's kind of funny to see what a child you are. Well, Georgie, buck up. You have two more years and if you have any hope of being anything other than completely irrelevant you'd better get a stiff upper lip, swallow your pride and grow up. You're a big boy now, and it's time to fix things.