The Countdown Begins!

“As of Monday”

Many of us thought it would never happen, but as of Monday, January 21, 2008, there will be exactly 365 days remaining in the imperial rule of King George 43. In the words of Barack Obama, “on January 20, 2009 the world will breathe a collective sigh of relief.” King George has accomplished much in seven plus years as Commander-In-Chief; He has ruined the Armed Forces, wrecked the economy, dealt close-to-death blows to the environment, allowed the continued unchecked flow of illegal immigrants across our borders, surrounded himself with the greatest group of losers in presidential history, denied the benefits of embryonic stem cell research to millions of Americans, increased our dependence on foreign oil, tortured and rendered prisoners of war and suspected terrorists, allowed the genocide in Darfur to continue, turned his back on peace between Israel and Palestine (until a recent half-hearted effort), ignored the United States Constitution, stacked the Supreme Court with right-wing conservatives, allowed almost ten million more people to slip into poverty on his watch, stood by while almost fifty million people have no access to affordable health insurance, broken his promise to the people of the Gulf Coast, caused our friends to distrust us and our enemies to hate us even more than we thought possible, and as a result has made the world a far more dangerous place than before 9/11.

King George has had a lot of help. Prince of Darkness Cheney has been at Bush’s right hand the entire time, and has whispered in Bush’s ear that all that matters is we take care of our wealthy friends. In the process they have weakened the Republican Party to a point where no matter who the nominee for President is, they will all but certainly be defeated in November. I have a calendar on my office desk with a “Bushism” on every page starting from 365. I will eagerly rip off one page every morning while I sip my morning coffee, and dream of an America without this tyrannical, delusional man in charge.

By:

Henry A. Lowenstein