Something about Bush's speech today bothered me even more than the usual lies, distortions and equivications.  Here was the President of the United States, a man who claims nothing (not even the Constitution) will stand in his way of protecting the citizens of the United States bragging about stopping a terrorist attack that was supposed to take place in 2002.  Excuse me Mr. President because this may sound a bit rude but, "that's your freaking job!!!"

A lot of football players when they score a touchdown perform elaborate celebrations designed to attract even more attention to themselves as if the dance were more important than the score itself.  I like the guys who simply hand the ball back to the ref, claiming that they don't celebrate because they like to "act like they have been there before and will be there again soon." 

Today was Bush's elaborate end zone dance.  A chance for nothing more than useless self promotion; to strut and preen and let everyone know that he thinks he's doing a great job.  My advice, "act like you prevented them before and will continue to prevent them."

"If the President is willing to say that Tom DeLay is innocent in the midst of an ongoing investigation can we then assume that Rove, is guilty in the Plame matter?  Why doesn't he want to clear the name of Karl Rove?"

1) 9/11-That was Clinton's fault for not invading Iraq after the first attack on the Trade Center.  Also the terrorists did not tell the Administration that they were executing a sneak attack that day otherwise as Condi said, "we would've moved heaven and earth" to prevent the attack.  Hurricanes, unlike terror attacks, do come with advance warning and the only thing that was moved last week was a few pair of shoes on Fifth Ave.

2) bin Laden not brought to justice-They're not worried about him any more.

3) No WMD in Iraq-that was the CIA's fault. 

4) Prisoners in Abu Gharib tortured-the fault of a few bad apples in the military.

5) Weapons cache in Iraq not protected and then looted by insurgents who use said weapons on American troops-I think eventually they blamed John Kerry and the liberal media for this.

6) The economy sucks-certainly can't be blamed on Bush.  There's been tax cuts for the wealthy, corporate giveaways, and wars.  He's cracked down on deadbeats ripping off MBNA by purchasing goods they can't afford and declaring bankruptcy, minimum wage has remained unchanged, he's tried to destroy Social Security, and the repeal of the estate tax is on the agenda if that damn hurricane business doesn't get in the way.  What else can he do? 

7) Gas prices soar-Well it took a long time to get to this point (also known as-Clinton's fault and remember he got a blow job)and now we have an energy policy that although doesn't address the high prices at the pump does in fact make the oil companies more money.

You really have to appreciate the fearlessness he has when dealing with the Bush Administration and perhaps more importantly the media.  I was particulary impressed with this answer he gave Wolf Blitzer:

BLITZER: So if -- and this is the final question -- if there are no charges leveled against Karl Rove, will you apologize to him?

WILSON: I believe Karl Rove should be fired. I believe Karl Rove should be fired because I believe it's an outrageous abuse of power for somebody sitting in an office next to the president of the United States to be personally engaged in a smear campaign against citizens of this country.


That's the way you answer an idiotic question like Blitzer's.  Apologize?  He doesn't even consider it.  "I think Karl Rove should be fired" and that's that.  Dems need that type of fortitude in office.