Heck of a Year

My friend John with whom I write this blog is a very smart man. He said that from the moment Bush stepped on the plane to "save" Terri Shiavo the administration had jumped the shark.

Here's a little something to back him up:

After four years of galloping triumph for the conservative Republican agenda, the rush to pass Schiavo legislation marked a critical turning point in Washington, helping expand fissures in a Republican Party known for discipline, emboldening Democrats and derailing conservative social initiatives that had been expected to win easy approval in Congress this year.

The President who stayed on vacation after a devastating Tsunami decided that one woman was more important. The President who stayed on vacation (except for a couple of fund raisers) while New Orleans died. The President who appointed Browine and told him he was doing a heck of job. Yep, I think we all can compare and contrast.

Suddenly the strong leader with whom, apparently, people wanted to have a beer with seemed out of touch and a bit callous.

Then came the indictments. This can't be good. Tom Delay, Scooter Libby, Duke Cunningham and the possibilities of Rove and the Amramoff volcano of lava that is going to cover at least six Republicans prove that corruption is rife within the party.

Let's not forget John Bolton and Harriet Miers.

Jack Murtha and Cindy Sheehan. All the President had to do to diffuse The Peace movement outside of the ranch was walk down the block and meet with Ms. Sheehan. She would have gone home and he would have seemed like a decent fellow. Jack Murtha became the voice for all of us who support the troops but not the war. So when Jean Schmidt called him a coward she was calling all of us cowards. Granted, she may be right about me, but Mr. Murtha?His medals would prove otherwise.

Energy prices. Exxon had the largest quarterly profit of any company, EVER. People in the Northeast are paying an extra $600 a month to heat their homes. Mr Stevens from Alaska decided that when the Energy executives testified in front of congress they didn't need to be sworn in. Great for them since they lied about being on the Vice President' s energy task force.

Credibility not really rocking the house but the President wants us to trust him to listen in on all of our conversations without a warrant. If he is indeed listening to any of my conversations he'll know that the polls aren't wrong.