WTF Is It Now?!?

Rising anti-Bush sentiment driving Dems to polls
Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Feel deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
- - Theoden's call-to-arms, The Lord of the Rings.

The WaPo reports: Voters are deeply dissatisfied with the Lying Disaster Monkey, and defeating him in November is their prime issue, according to exit polls.



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Bush’s war stories simply don’t fly

After his father’s influential friends contacted Texas Air National Guard officials, they awarded young George a safe berth in Houston’s famed "champagne unit," where sons of the Texas elite avoided Vietnam. His very special treatment included instant admission to flight training and an extraordinary commission as a second lieutenant. According to his former superiors, Mr. Bush performed admirably as a pilot while patrolling the coastal waters of the United States.
But in May 1972, only 22 months after he completed pilot training, he stopped flying. In August 1972, he failed to show up for his annual physical examination and was automatically grounded. According to The Times of London, a conservative newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, Mr. Bush’s campaign spokesman said he knew that he would be suspended if he missed that physical.

He never flew a military aircraft again. In fact, there is considerable evidence that Mr. Bush skipped all duty for a full year, until April 1973.

- - from Joe Conason's column in the NY Observer.