Nearly a year ago (November 4, 2004) George W. Bush said: “I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it.” (Quote appears about halfway down, during Q&A segment).
Since then, we’ve continued to suffer … whatever it is we’re going through in Iraq that is something less than victory. We’ve been hit by three major hurricanes and a fourth is in Florida as I type — and the results of that were three days of the Federal government sitting on its massive, expensive ass while what was left of New Orleans rotted in floodwater. The economy remains stagnant and the President has nominated his best attorney friend to the Supreme Court. While I’m sure she’s very smart and pleasant, she seems to be underwhelming both Congress and the public in general. Oh, and either his Chief of Staff, his Vice-President’s Chief of Staff, or his Vice-President himself is about to be indicted for leaking the identity of a CIA agent to the press.
So clearly, with all this extra political capital that The Shrub has hanging around (as evidenced by his 38% approval ratings), he can afford to attack The Onion for committing lèse-majesté. Jeez, talk about setting your sights low.
