Bush Hits a New Low

When he had to stand up in public and present a justification for his actions, however, Bush was invariably at sea. One could see him straining to recall the talking points his handlers had tried to instill in his mind. His wretched explanations were typically befogged by his misty incapacity to utter a simple, correct English sentence or to put two thoughts back to back in a logically connected way. The press and the public have often given him a pass because everybody suspected that he suffered from dyslexia and, some claimed, from the lingering effects of excessive use of cocaine, and so, strange to say, people felt sorry for the most powerful man on earth.

GWB has, with the best of intentions but with an apparent lack of anything resembling a plan, bumbled along for nearly eight years. His tenure has seen the growth of government, loss of individual liberties, loss of respect in the global community, unnecessary wars and a reckless spending spree from which we may never recover.