Stop the Presses

[Washington] The surprise resignation of the forty-third President of the United States, George W. Bush, on the second anniversary of the terrorist attack on America, was hailed by chiefs of state throughout the world. Mr. Bush announced that after, “two years of bloodshed, economic devastation, and spreading fear in America and abroad,” he saw no choice but to accept that, “I have held a title which I did not win, and for which I have proven unqualified.”

Oh wait, someone must have been dreaming when they wrote the best speech the shrub never gave.

A couple more gems:

When I arrived, the last guy left me $4 trillion and said, “Be careful with all that cash in this neighborhood.” Well, I have to level with you, America: it’s all gone. The cupboard’s bare and this year alone we blew half a trillion more dollars than we have in our bank account. Man, I can’t believe I went through all that dough stone sober.

And what did we get for it? A Fatherland Security Department that’s trying to read the labels on everyone’s underpants. Think about it, all this Total Information Awareness KGB stuff: two years ago Americans were the victims – but my government has made Americans the suspects. I don’t know about you, but this guy Ashcroft scares the bejeezus out of me.