Thanks George.
I never thought I'd have anything good to say about W - good and nasty maybe. But, the fact is what happened on election day can be credited to George W. Bush. What became a Barack Obama ass kicking of John McCain and his party would never have happened if it weren't for W.
The Cowboy President created the climate that spawned Tuesday's reaction. His policies made a country cry out for help. His politics deserved and demanded change. His vision needed correction and direction. Obama was the right candidate at the right time. It was an electoral atmosphere that W created. Thanks George.
For all the failure we've seen over the last eight years and all the disgusting politics Bush has abused us with, Tuesday was judgement day. The war monger, the dictator, the man who conspired more than he inspired got what was coming to him. It was a beautiful thing to see as the United States of America gave George W. Bush the middle finger.
His poll numbers are almost lower than the number of doughnuts in a box of dozen. He's become a laughing stock. He's been shunned by his own party. His legacy will be as one of the worst and most incompetent presidents in our nation's history. As if that all is not fitting enough for this man's actions and evils, America repudiated him in a major way. The electorate opened a super-sized can of whoop ass on Bush and the GOP. The defeat might so damage the GOP party name that it might be years before it recovers. And Bush will be to blame. Yes, paybacks are a bitch.
I thought Obama would win the presidency the day he announced a year ago. I said Obama would win by six points or so and that he'd reach 51 or 52 percent. I even thought he surpass the 300 electoral college total. I didn't expect that he'd go over 350 and deliver a thumping this bad. He won in the Northeast, Midwest and the West. He even had some success in the South. The GOP, as one pundit put it, has been quarantined to the South. He won where he was expected to win and more. I took to watching the coverage on FoxNews, just because it was too much fun to watch their mopey faces and mournful appearance.
It's a monumental victory. Who would have thought an African-American, whose family were immigrants, would win the Presidency in such fashion. It's a historic moment and a repudiation of the racism that has plagued this country forever.
But, this victory goes well beyond race and black and white. It is a U-Turn from the policies and actions of a failed Bush. It doesn't just defeat the hatred of racism, it also defeats the Bush politics of fear and smear. American finally demanded solution instead of pollution from its leadership.
Bush took the oath of office claiming to be a uniter instead of a divider. Instead, he was the most divisive commander in chief I've ever seen. He claimed to be a man of faith but his actions and intentions bordered on evil. He was a hypocrite, a dictator, a religious zealot, a terrorist in cowboy boots. He lived by strong arm politics. He rule by fear. He didn't lead. He bullied. He had no morals and had no shame. He took our country backward and doomed it for who knows how many years to come. His legacy is one of greed, incompetence, a disregard of the constitution and the rule of law. He didn't serve America or its people. He served himself and his warped ideology. He ruled as if trying to show how tough he was, as if the W who'd always been a failure and a nitwit had finally become a bad ass. Instead, he just proved how big a failure he really is. He didn't have the Midas Touch. He had the Bush Touch, where everything he touched he screwed up miserably.
It all added up to retribution Tuesday. He presidency and his policies were authoritatively given the stamp of repudiation. America said, in no uncertain terms, "George, you're fired!"
W will be put out to pasture on his ranch and rest on his millions and get some cushy job with his oil buddies and live the high life. He'll rest on the laurels he thinks he has. He probably should be brought up on charges or put in jail or at least given a good flogging. Instead, he'll join the elite of presidential disgraces. At least the message is clear. The electorate spoke in volumes. Justice was served. Bush got what he deserved and took his party down with him.
I remember doing a story on the problems in coaching a few years ago. One coach, when asked if things will improve, said that it wouldn't be the current generation that changes things. He said it will be the next generation that does it. They'll have grown up under the poor conditions that exist and will have learned from them. Then the change will come.
That may have happened to some degree Tuesday. I've often said that America should demand more from its leaders. Tuesday, it finally did. Bush proved you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.
So, again, thanks George. Mission Accomplished.
