your quote of the day.

[phosfate]

Let's be honest: Thursday night Bush sounded like a kid reciting the high points of fourth grade, or a challenged patient graduating to a new level in some kind of mental health rehab institution. No one could watch that and not be shaken by it. I've had my political disagreements with my friend Chris Matthews, but he summed it up really well: It was an abomination, the depiction of a world of presidents in which "every kid gets a trophy who participates."

--Joan Walsh on salon.com
http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/misc/2009/01/16/bush_farewell/index.html

Comments

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

My parents watch Fox News (this is one of my tribulations in life), so as I was making toast last night I had the pleasure of hearing Bill O'Reilly declare that people on TV who are meeeeen to Bush "should be shunned." He also said, "I think he's done the best he could." To which I wanted to scream, yes, that's the problem: this was the best he could manage.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Lordy Moses. If I were somehow made President, I too would do the best that I could. So would a mentally challenged squirrel, a five-year-old, and David Letterman. This does not mean that any of us would be qualified for the job, though I'm pretty sure we'd all do a better job than Dubya.

There is now a squirrel pounding on my window, squeaking its indignance. I'm ignoring it.