High-Fivin' White Guys

You expect the President of the United States to lie every time he opens up his hole. But do we really need to witness a fucking standing ovation for each and every lie? To put it a bit more crudely: is there any practical difference between last night's "address" and the fucking Nuremberg rally?

Stephen Zunes has ably dissected Bush's lies. But maybe we could take a moment to genuflect at the audacity of this particular nugget:

And tonight I have a message for the brave and oppressed people of Iraq: Your enemy is not surrounding your country, your enemy is ruling your country.

(APPLAUSE)

And the day he and his regime are removed from power will be the day of your liberation.

(APPLAUSE)

One couldn't imagine even Ariel Sharon being able to straight-facedly toss that one out.

Not to be outdone, however, Senator Thad [Note to self: must cite people named "Thad" more often] Cochran, of Mississippi, opined that, "I think the president did what he had to do in terms of talking about the importance of waging peace aggressively." This statement surely deserves a sarcastic rejoinder -- if only one could find the words.

Posted by Eddie Tews at January 29, 2003 02:17 PM