Bush’s failure to heed the will of the people

isn’t so much an act of principle,

but rather an outburst of sheer peevishness

He’s no longer getting a blank check

to fund his military adventures

He finds this frustrating, so he’s stamping his foot,

covering his ears, and taking his party down with him

Some big money players up from Texas recently

paid a visit to their friend in the White House

The story goes that they got out exactly one question,

and the rest of the meeting

consisted of The President in an extended whine,

a rant, actually, about no one understands him,

the critics are all messed up,

if only people would see what he's doing

things would be OK...etc., etc.

Whatever one thought of the original decision to invade Iraq, the political question the nation now faces could not be clearer: Should we ask our troops to continue to fight this war?

The American people have already answered that question, and their answer is “No.”

In the end, Bush’s failure to heed the will of the people isn’t so much an act of principle, but rather an outburst of sheer peevishness.

With Democrats in control of Congress, he’s no longer getting a blank check to fund his military adventures. He finds this frustrating, so he’s stamping his foot, covering his ears, and taking his party down with him.

All this is exactly what one would expect in the way of a political farewell gesture from a spoiled rich kid who never grew up.

Future generations of historians will note Bush made a mess of every real job he ever had - and, unfortunately for America, the presidency of the United States proved to be no exception. Paul Campos @ Common Dreams

Bush rants in his bunker

Sometimes insider gossip seems to confirm what all us outsiders think we're seeing, so, for what it's worth...

We're hearing that some big money players up from Texas recently paid a visit to their friend in the White House.

The story goes that they got out exactly one question, and the rest of the meeting consisted of The President in an extended whine, a rant, actually, about no one understands him, the critics are all messed up, if only people would see what he's doing things would be OK...etc., etc.

This is called a "bunker mentality" and it's not attractive when a friend does it.

When the friend is the President of the United States, it can be downright dangerous. Apparently the Texas friends were suitably appalled, hence the story now in circulation. The Nelson Report