Bush Resigns - copy of his resignation letter

[12vmanRick]

Normally, I start these things out by saying 'My Fellow Americans.' Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.

"I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: There's been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

"The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people.

"I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it out.

"Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners, including record numbers of MINORITY homeowners. And while we're mentioning minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an all-time high.

Our unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the Clinton Administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it doesn't seem to have sunk in.

"Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has rebounded to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating in these markets. Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.

"We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this 'blood for oil' thing. If I were trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq 's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied; People Died' crap either. If I were the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty. Let me remind you that the rest of the world thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I came into office.

Some guy named ' Clinton ' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that, did you?

"You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to outspend and out-tech them.

"That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you. And the bastards are all over the globe.

"You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement, and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor.'

"Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.

"Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, dammit, you might just as well FedEx a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.

"In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol.

"I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching. I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.

"So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again.

Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.

"Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there are just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.

"So that's it. God bless what's left of America . Some of you know what I mean. The rest of you, kiss off."

[RinglingRingling]

looks more like something Cheney would have written. There weren't any misspellings or tortured syntax like Shrub would have written had it been his pudgy patties on the keys.

[Lightning Bolt]

goodbye and good riddance...

Less than 3 in 10 people in America will miss ya, so don't let the door hit ya'!

[RinglingRingling]

sadly, Shrub never got the concept that as a "public servant", it was his role to serve the public. Whether he (yeah, I know, it's a joke piece) is fed up or not is immaterial. It's whether or not his public likes the job he is doing, and that is evidently not the case.

As a result: put the keys to the White House on the kitchen table when you leave, you have until Sept. 1 to clear out; and don't expect to claim that the six colouring books and "Babar Goes to Iraq" you own constitute a "library"

[green1]

It's whether or not his public likes the job he is doing, and that is evidently not the case.

I don't want a president that thinks the presidency is a popularity contest and so does everything based on popularity.

I want a president that will lead this country.

[green1]

Less than 3 in 10 people in America will miss ya, so don't let the door hit ya'!

And amazingly more people would miss him than would miss congress.

[RinglingRingling]

It's whether or not his public likes the job he is doing, and that is evidently not the case.

I don't want a president that thinks the presidency is a popularity contest and so does everything based on popularity.

I want a president that will lead this country.

Millard Fillmore led the country too... unfortunately, Shrub is just not Presidential timber.

[Lightning Bolt]

Less than 3 in 10 people in America will miss ya, so don't let the door hit ya'!

And amazingly more people would miss him than would miss congress.

Those numbers reflect the new majority's inability to affect change in Iraq

America spoke in last Nov's elections and swept out the croneys.
but...they still do not possess the numbers to overturn a Bush veto

the result is gridlock on big issues

[green1]

It's whether or not his public likes the job he is doing, and that is evidently not the case.

I don't want a president that thinks the presidency is a popularity contest and so does everything based on popularity.

I want a president that will lead this country.

Millard Fillmore led the country too... unfortunately, Shrub is just not Presidential timber.

So did Reagan, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, FDR . . .
History will be the judge of Bush 43, not today's polls or newspapers.

[RinglingRingling]

It's whether or not his public likes the job he is doing, and that is evidently not the case.

I don't want a president that thinks the presidency is a popularity contest and so does everything based on popularity.

I want a president that will lead this country.

Millard Fillmore led the country too... unfortunately, Shrub is just not Presidential timber.

So did Reagan, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Truman, FDR . . .
History will be the judge of Bush 43, not today's polls or newspapers.

we can bat this back and forth all day. Papers of the day rode Fillmore into the ground, and history continues to count him as a place-holder. Given the erosion of civil liberties in the name of "the war on terror", the expansion of Executive Branch power (and yes, that has been allowed by the other branches, it still doesn't change the fact that the Executive has expanded far too far), the failure to actually achieve one objective in the war on terror... I wouldn't take even money bets history is going to be kind to Shrub.

[12vmanRick]

lol I knew this would start a fire

I got it in email as a joke email. I didn't proof it or anything. It amazes me how quick people are to belittle the president but hey Clinton era taught us that even he didn't respect the Office of the President and set a new precidence with what is and isn't a lie and what is and isn't a sexual encounter.

My fear is that there is no new hope for the 2008 election. I just don't see anyone on either side that can fix the screw ups of the last two presidential boobs in office.

[Skibo]

Given the erosion of civil liberties in the name of "the war on terror", the expansion of Executive Branch power (and yes, that has been allowed by the other branches, it still doesn't change the fact that the Executive has expanded far too far), the failure to actually achieve one objective in the war on terror... I wouldn't take even money bets history is going to be kind to Shrub.

Help me here, what civil liberties have I lost? I haven't noticed the loss of any...and while you are at it what "new" powers does the president have that the president did not have before Bush took office? I don't remember any constitutional admentments passing. Sure Bush has issued 242 Executive orders. If you think that is a lot President Clinton issued 364. So who was acting more like a dictator by bypassing congress? (ok Bush because he is an evil Republican. Clinton is a Dem and all his orders were for good not evil...I get it)

You probably also would have taken even money bets that history was not going to be kind to Reagan in his last years in office.

[RinglingRingling]

Given the erosion of civil liberties in the name of "the war on terror", the expansion of Executive Branch power (and yes, that has been allowed by the other branches, it still doesn't change the fact that the Executive has expanded far too far), the failure to actually achieve one objective in the war on terror... I wouldn't take even money bets history is going to be kind to Shrub.

Help me here, what civil liberties have I lost? I haven't noticed the loss of any...and while you are at it what "new" powers does the president have that the president did not have before Bush took office? I don't remember any constitutional admentments passing. Sure Bush has issued 242 Executive orders. If you think that is a lot President Clinton issued 364. So who was acting more like a dictator by bypassing congress? (ok Bush because he is an evil Republican. Clinton is a Dem and all his orders were for good not evil...I get it)

You probably also would have taken even money bets that history was not going to be kind to Reagan in his last years in office.

whatever... typical response from you. Tell me, when they tap you on the knee during a physical, does your knee jerk that far to the right?

[Skibo]

whatever... typical response from you. Tell me, when they tap you on the knee during a physical, does your knee jerk that far to the right?

Thank you for the facts I expected that would back your argument. Actually when my knee is tapped it doesn't move. I'm a republican I have no feelings.

[12vmanRick]

Less than 3 in 10 people in America will miss ya, so don't let the door hit ya'!

And amazingly more people would miss him than would miss congress.

yea.. BOTH sides actually. That is the problem in this country. TERM LIMITS!!

[krusin1]

It's whether or not his public likes the job he is doing, and that is evidently not the case.

I don't want a president that thinks the presidency is a popularity contest and so does everything based on popularity.

I want a president that will lead this country.

I'm with you. This country needs leadership, not fingers in the air hoping for good poll numbers.

When Harry S. Truman left office, he was extremely unpopular. History, though, has judged him as a pretty decent president. Like Bush 43, he messed up a lot on little things, but he got the big ones right. I think history will judge Bush 43 in a similar fashion.

(And yes, I think going into Iraq is going to be judged as a positive move when viewed through the lens of history.)

[green1]

Those numbers reflect the new majority's inability to affect change in Iraq

America spoke in last Nov's elections and swept out the croneys.
but...they still do not possess the numbers to overturn a Bush veto

I guess having a majority in both houses of congress and the key seats on all of the important committees is not enough.

As far as overturning a veto, when has either party had a supermajority in congress?

[green1]

yea.. BOTH sides actually. That is the problem in this country. TERM LIMITS!!

I whole-heartedly agree!

[Migration Michelle]

It's whether or not his public likes the job he is doing, and that is evidently not the case.

I don't want a president that thinks the presidency is a popularity contest and so does everything based on popularity.

I want a president that will lead this country.

Good point!!! I agree!

Its way better than the alternative: a leader "that stands by her man!" to gain popularity in a future election.

What a joke.

[jonesbeach10]

Those numbers reflect the new majority's inability to affect change in Iraq

America spoke in last Nov's elections and swept out the croneys.
but...they still do not possess the numbers to overturn a Bush veto

I guess having a majority in both houses of congress and the key seats on all of the important committees is not enough.

As far as overturning a veto, when has either party had a supermajority in congress?

Oh come on, don't you remember the supermajority of Radical Republicans that Andrew Johnson faced during Civil War Reconstruction???