SemiConscious Dot Org

Well, it only took six years, a disastrous, failed war launched on a pack of baldfaced lies, a colossal natural disaster that was made infinitely worse by incompetent federal agencies, and an uncountable number of mindbending scandals, but the Democratic Party has finally started to grow some testicles:

A House panel today authorized the issuance of subpoenas for top White House and Justice Department aides as it investigates the firing of eight U.S. attorneys last year.

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In authorizing the subpoena power over the objections of Republican members, the subcommittee rejected an offer by President Bush yesterday to allow the officials to testify under strict conditions. The White House is demanding limits on the kinds of questions they would answer, opposes having them testify under oath and does not want their testimony to be recorded or transcribed.

The catalyst for this spontaneous testicular regeneration seems to be yesterday’s press conference, in which DubYa essentially dared the Congress to call his bluff. Well, you got your wish, Mr. “President.” A bit of free advice: when your approval rating hovers around 30% and you face a hostile Congress elected for the specific purpose of putting a stop to your Reign of Error, it may not be such a hot idea to go on national television and tell them to go fuck themselves.

As the inimitable TBogg (the source for these links and the priceless moniker which titles this post) so eloquently puts it:

One thing that is fascinating about George Bush is how little he has grown in office. No, that’s not right. It’s not that he hasn’t grown, he has gotten smaller; less Presidential, more sad little man watching his paper boat circle the drain. After six years of playing The Decider he should at least have a thin candy shell of gravitas as opposed to coming across like one of those guys on People’s Court who not only has an unshakable belief that people won’t see through his bullshit, but that no one will notice his artful comb-over either.

As bad a president as George W. Bush has been… he is a worse person and it shows whenever he is under pressure; he melts down into a greasy little puddle of glares and smirks and incipient panic. But tonight was special. Tonights performance lays to rest any notion other than the fact that he’s not a very bright man who has nothing but contempt for a world that refuses to dumb down for him.

The sewer rats currently infesting the White House have another 22 months in office to destroy everything they touch. So, um, could we start the impeachment proceedings now?