I was just reading the AP newswire and there was an article about George Bush hiding from demonstrators there... the usual, cops and marines keeping demonstrators out of sight and hopefully, out of his shrunken mind.
Well, at least this once, Georgie is consistent... He hides from criticism here too!
I am not that old of a guy, but I remember when it was the authoritarian government leaders everywhere else that America would take to task for trying to suppress dissent.
The worst crime the population of any dictator's country can commit is to demonstrate to the world that things are not so good in the land of the dictator.
All dictators want to live in the myth that their people love them. And they want the world to believe it too. It is not enough that they loot the treasury, create gulags and impoverish their people. Nah, the serfs must genuflect to their masters...
You see, the Philipinos remember what very few modern Americans remember -- The USA once lost a guerilla war against it's occupation of those beautiful islands. The war lasted and lasted like Vietnam. The US lost lots of troops there, just like Vietnam. The expense and waste of the war finally brought it to an end. The Philipinos celebrate over one hundred years of independence from... the USA. They are having some of the problems with their 'democratic' government that we are starting to have in America.
But, in America, we can still call a bum a bum!
So, George W. Bush, I agree with Helen Thomas! You are the worst president in US history! George, you are a bum, and worse, a sanctimonious bum! You kiss the ass of Mammon every day and in every way while acting like you give a goddamn about anything beyond the trashing of everything America stands for!
The USA will be so much better off when we see you fade into the sunset. At least, we can see you off faster if the new crooked voting machines don't stretch your illegitimate occupation of the White House and Iraq out any longer than necessary.
I don't think highly enough of you to hate you.