"Political Capital"

When George Bush was "re-elected" in November, 2004, he arrogantly claimed that the election had earned him "political capital" and that he was going to spend it. His partners in crime claimed he had earned this "mandate" somehow, with only 51% of the votes. And they also ignorantly claimed the election showed that America was not split after all (ah, hello?).


An incompetent Boob claims some "capital"

So now he has sunk in all the polls that can possibly be polled - every aspect of leadership, of direction his country is moving in, the decisions he (and others?) have made. It appears that he greatly overestimated his "political capital".

He claimed on Friday that his critics are "re-writing the history of the Iraq war", when in reality, it is he and his groupies that are doing that, and appear to be rehashing old speeches to try and get his numbers moving upwards again.

What does all this basically tell us about our Leader, our Commander in Chief? Well, it simply shows how completely out of touch with reality and the desires of the American people he is. Americans do not want to go to war just to "spread freedom", and that is not the reason we went to war in Iraq. How dare HE claim that people are re-writing history? How dare he claim that criticizing the war actually endangers the freedoms he claims to want to protect? It is that very freedom that challenges us to question our leaders. Between the Patriot Act and his own actions, he appears more interested in curbing our freedoms, not protecting them.

The man is living in a fog, one that was created by the traitor Karl Rove and then perpetuated by people like Cheney and Condoleeza Rice. One can only hope that we can survive the next three years with our credibility as a leading democracy in tact and clear house.