Well dear readers,

The March 20 Gail Collins column made me laugh. She describes the ineptitude of George Bush as he is speaking to Economic Club of New York. Once again, when speaking to a room full of informed professionals, he appears to be making up things as he goes along. Not that this is news to anyone who has heard his baseless drivel over the last 8 years. But I still cannot believe he is president. People have said on the news and to my face that despite his shortcomings and tragically wrong decisions, the country has not seen an attack since 9/11. I seriously doubt the man who can barely put a sentence together has had much to do with keeping America safe, if you can call it that. I feel less safe with the Republican knee-jerk foreign policy and dangerous fiscal plan. He has no business being president of the Dick Cheney fan club, much less the United States.

Whenever I hear him speak I find myself asking, why hasn’t he been impeached? Other presidents have been impeached for less offenses than lying to the public about nuclear weapons and spending trillions of dollars on a needless war.  It really is a wonder that some of the most profitable companies globally are Exxon, Shell, BP and Conoco.  Energy plan anyone?

Yet I feel a complacency on the part of the populous to actually do anything other than jump on the Obama bandwagon of hope and no action.

In any other setting, surely Bush would have fired by now.  Aren’t we judged in our own job performance by our ability to understand the scope of our work, articulate problems, and contribute to solutions?  Bush is judged on folksy charm and gets a free pass from his Republican colleagues and many Americans.  The Bush approach is to “believe” everything he is saying, despite facts and evidence to the contary.  The emporer has no clothes on.  Or as husband likes to say, they emporer is on drugs. 

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