Spin Dry

Al Gore rips W a new one. Gee, thanks, Al. Nice to see you grew a set. Finally...

So today, I want to speak on behalf of those Americans who feel that President Bush has betrayed our nation's trust, those who are horrified at what has been done in our name, and all those who want the rest of the world to know that we Americans see the abuses that occurred in the prisons of Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo and secret locations as yet undisclosed as completely out of keeping with the character and basic nature of the American people and at odds with the principles on which America stands.

I believe we have a duty to hold President Bush accountable - and I believe we will. As Lincoln said at our time of greatest trial, "We - even we here - hold the power, and bear the responsibility."

On the bright side, at least he is speaking up now, and the gloves are off. And since the Administration is so obviously shitting itself over falling approval ratings, W's dismal speech performance on Monday and other signs that the American People are finally waking up, it's time for the Democrats (except Kerry) to give them a major smackdown.

I say except Kerry because he can have the best of both worlds right now -- let his party do the dirty work, keep politically bitch-slapping W until he doesn't know whether he's coming or going (as if he ever did), and then send in the big guns -- Kerry and his running mate -- to polish laughing boy off in the debates. Debates run on our rules.

The biggest sign that the Administration is so desperate? They're waving the magic red "terra" flag, but that terror banana hasn't changed colors yet. Methinks all these dire warnings are just a clutching at straws attempt to distract the media and the public from W's total failure. I mean, my gawd, they even have Ashcroft talking about something besides pornographers and paraphernalia dealers.

And that's pretty desperate.