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"Like watching Gidget address the Reichstag"

[Alert: McCainiacs and Palinistas can skip this post. You won't appreciate Matt Taibbi's biting wit or pithy rage. Go watch a Sean Hannity re-run. And I've had some email reminding me I had said I wasn't going to write about politics anymore. I believe what I said was, I would no longer 'discuss' politics.]

My favorite political writer, Matt Taibbi has outdone himself with his column  on Sarah Palin. When interstellar archeologists dig through the rubble of what was once the U.S.A. and wonder what the fuck happened, I hope they stumble across Mr. Taibbi's column. Every line is a gem but I'll share just a few of my favorites:

"Four-chinned delegates from places like Arkansas and Georgia are pouring joyously out the gates (of the GOP convention) in search of bars where they can load up on Zombies and Scorpion Bowls and other "wild" drinks and extramaritally grope their turkey-necked female companions in bathroom stalls as part of the "unbelievable time" they will inevitably report to their pals back home.

Only 21st-century Americans can pass through a metal detector six times in an hour and still think they're at a party.

Here's the thing about Americans. You can send their kids off by the thousands to get their balls blown off in foreign lands for no reason at all, saddle them with billions in debt year after congressional year while they spend their winters cheerfully watching game shows and football, pull the rug out from under their mortgages, and leave them living off their credit cards and their Wal-Mart salaries while you move their jobs to China and Bangalore.

But Americans like politicians who hate books and see the face of Jesus in every tree stump. They like them stupid and mean and ignorant of the rules."

And we love Sarah.

For W's Memory Book

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

Bush: "We have a better way. Kill them!"

A little gem from "Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story," the new autobiography of retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the onetime commander of U.S. troops in Iraq.

Following the the killing of the four contractors in Fallujah in 2004, W tried to go all George C. Patton in a video conference with his national security team and generals:

"Kick ass!" he quotes the president as saying. "If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! This Vietnam stuff, this is not even close. It is a mind-set. We can't send that message. It's an excuse to prepare us for withdrawal."

"There is a series of moments and this is one of them. Our will is being tested, but we are resolute. We have a better way. Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!"

Can you imagine being in combat with dick-wad like Bush commanding your unit?

The Bush Years

I started blogging on February 2, 2002 (I had been ranting a bit for a couple of years before that) and will soon reach 3,500 posts. George W. Bush took office on January 20, 2001, so I missed the opportunity to comment on the first year of his administration.

Between now and when he leaves office (assuming he DOES leave office), I'm going to go back and tag every post dealing with W and/or his henchmen with "Bush Years." Mine will be just one of thousands of records of his time in office.