Come on Nancy, give the guy a break

Yesterday, House or Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President Bush "a total failure".

She stated "he has been a total failure in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy", in an interview on CNN.

"You know, God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States, a total failure, losing all credibility with the American people on the economy, on the war, on energy, you name the subject."

She then tsk-tsked Bush for "challenging Congress when we are trying to sweep up after his mess over and over and over again."

We know that Pelosi's outburst was a departure. Her usual practice in public has been to call Bush's policies a failure — not his presidency or him, personally.

Now Nancy, we all know how great "W" has been for the country.

Just look at the share price of Exon Mobil, Haliburton, and Schlumberger, or the price of a barrel of oil, or a gallon of milk or gasoline. How can you not love him if you are a farmer, milk producer, oil worker, or share holder of one of these companies. Or if you were in the moblie home business, you love George since your inventory was bought by the FEMA geniuses at the highest possible prices to provide "temporary" housing to the poor souls suffering in New Orleans.

And after all, now your blue chip stock dividends are nearly tax free, and didn't he send you a "stimulus check" too?

Nancy, please keep the blaming down a bit. We all love George.

After all, he proved that any Yale party animal and ROTC junior officer can become president (as long as your dad was president), make all of his friends and family rich beyond their wildest dreams, and leave us working folks holding the bag while running a formerly great country into insolvency. He did give us the 21st century version of the Crusades so that over-steroid, super-stacked, super heroes would become fashionable again. And, he did give us the former "Axis of Evil" that we are now sucking up to (and providing billions of our dollars in free money) because they are dismantling a never was functioning nuclear facility.

Heck, Nancy, look at the new words Bush added to our lexicon such as: WMD (things one says exist but are never found). Also, you must remember that he single handily got us to stop drinking Bordeaux and eating brie. He even got us to rename french fries for a bit.

Nancy please remember that our view of Congress, your domain, is even worse than it is for fool George. You too have done a great job accomplishing nearly nothing while letting the neocons run amuk. I don't remember seeing you taking the time to refute the front man Colin Powell, on his incredibly and obviously contrived rationale for this apparently now never ending war of futility.

(FYI, the Democrat controlled Congress approval rating has hit a new low of just 18 percent, down from 23 percent last month, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. Bush's approval is at 28 percent, about even with the 29 percent rating last month.) Only 16 percent of those surveyed thought the country was moving in the right direction, a new low as well, although statistically the same as last month's 17 percent.

And, Nancy we really love it that last week you and Senator Reid and the Democrats dropped any pretense of trying to fight the president on important legislative battles — even the most important part of your jobs, which is passing spending bills that keep the government running.

It's not that there are not critically important things to do before November. So, why don't you and the Democrats take charge now and show some backbone? Or, is it your game plan to let America dissolve into fiscal and emotional bankruptcy and possibly chaos only to ensure a Democrat wins the Presidency?

Come on Nancy and Harry - get to work on fixing this mess now. We need leadership, not partisan horse pucky.

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