GO FUCK YOURSELF

President Bush flips off young protester 

 

Remember a couple of weeks ago how our distinguished Vice President told a senior Senate Democrat to go fuck himself?  No?  Well, then, here's a brief recap from the Washington Post:

 

On Tuesday, Cheney, serving in his role as president of the Senate, appeared in the chamber for a photo session. A chance meeting with Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, became an argument about Cheney's ties to Halliburton Co., an international energy services corporation, and President Bush's judicial nominees. The exchange ended when Cheney offered some crass advice.

"Fuck yourself," said the man who is a heartbeat from the presidency.

Leahy's spokesman, David Carle, yesterday confirmed the brief but fierce exchange. "The vice president seemed to be taking personally the criticism that Senator Leahy and others have leveled against Halliburton's sole-source contracts in Iraq," Carle said.

As it happens, the exchange occurred on the same day the Senate passed legislation described as the "Defense of Decency Act" by 99 to 1.

 

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You know, I've suspected for many years that some of the most pious "Christians" in America are simply putting on an act in order to get power, prestige, babes, whatever--such a thing is certainly not without precedent; indeed, the archetype of pious but hypocritical Christian leader goes back to, at least, Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure.  I'm sure there are more examples but you get the idea.

 

In addition to the standard fare Republican cruelty to the poor, viciousness toward criminals, and cavalier attitudes toward war, it seems that these "Christian" conservatives like to indulge in a wee bit of obscenity from time to time, which, of course, is very unBiblical.  Not that I personally care how filthy one's mouth is (being a lover of dirty words, myself, I'd be a hypocrite if I had a problem with that), but it's just too hard to avoid the observation that these guys aren't really practicing what they preach.  Okay, what I really mean is that they're big fucking assholes who live by my Father's old maxim, "do as I say, not as I do."  Case in point (from jiveturkey courtesy of J. Orlin Grabbe):

 

The single greatest event of my life 

 

At the front of this second bus was The W himself, waving cheerily at his supporters on the other side of the highway. Adam, Brendan, and I rose our banner (the More Trees, Less Bush one) and he turned to wave to our side of the road. His smile faded, and he raised his left arm in our direction. And then, George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States of America, extended his middle finger.

 

Read that last sentence again.

 

I got flipped off by George W. Bush.

 

A ponytailed man standing next to us confirmed the event, saying, "I do believe the President of the U.S. just gave you boys the finger."

 

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One wonders what it must be like to have the most powerful man in the world shoot the finger at you.  I have some inkling; after all, every day I read the newspaper comes pretty damned close to feeling like Bush is flipping me off, but it does lack that personal touch of "compassionate conservatism."

 

I must admit that in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter at all if our leaders are a bit naughty at times.  However, these two incidents reveal two facts.  First, as I said above, these guys are obviously major hypocrites, cynically exploiting the devout religious views and feelings of millions of Americans for political gain; these guys are fucking evil.  Second, the fact that these gaffes are happening so publicly can only mean one thing: the denizins of the White House are really, really stressed out.  It's almost as though they can feel the noose tightening around their necks.

 

Here's hoping for more obscenities from Republicans.  It's a sign of their impending doom.

 

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