The 10 most awesomely bad moments of the Bush presidency

Rated by Brad at Alternet on "two main criteria: its body count and its damage to the country's reputation" --

10: Bush Gets Re-elected
9: Alberto Gonzales’ Congressional Testimony
8: North Korea Conducts a Nuclear Test
7: Colin Powell’s Bogus WMD Presentation at the U.N.
6: The Terri Schiavo Affair
5: Bush and Condi’s Excellent Gaza Adventure
4: “Brownie, You’re Doing a Heckuva Job”
3: Abu Ghraib
2: 9/11
1: “Mission Accomplished”

Runners-up include:

1. warrantless wiretapping
2. Valerie Plame
3. Scooter Libby's sentence commuted
4. loyalty oaths
5. the fake turkey
6. staged teleconference with troops
7. staged FEMA press conference
8. record budget deficits
9. record trade deficits
10. record number of Americans without health insurance
11.two recessions
12. bin Laden still at large
13. waterboarding ban vetoed
14. "Last throes"
15. "It's hard work"
16. "Bring it on"
17."Yo, Blair!"
18. "I'm the decider"
19."I'm the commander guy"
20."I'm a war president"
21."This is the guy who tried to kill my dad"
22. John Bolton; Kenny Boy; Harriet Miers; John Roberts; Sam Alito
23. Cheney shoots some guy in the face

... and those are just a few from the list. Not mentioned were "freedom fries," "greeted as liberators," "turning another corner" or choking on "a pretzal." 

Or Tipsy McStaggers telling the Holy Pontiff "awesome speech!" or the Filipina President "I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans ever' time I eat dinner at the White House." 

Or calling a NY Times columnist a "major-league asshole." Or yelling "stop waving the Constitution in my face, it's just a goddamn piece of paper!"

But we could be here all day!