WHEN BUSH RAN OUT OF STEAM

Back in the early days of the Bush regime when belief in the thief was running out of steam Dubya knew he needed a sure fire scheme to restore his plunging popularity.

Overnight came a gift from heaven: 9/11. He knew his future would be bright if he could start a fight with the alleged perpetrators of the sneak attack. Why not Iraq? Forget the phony reasons why, Forget that GIs would die. The war would be short and sweet. Iraq would admit defeat. And happy Iraqis would greet and kiss the feet of we, the liberators from the dictator Saddam Hussein.

To be brief, Congress and its lackeys would back the Commander in Grief and approval would soar high and, you know, that's how it would go. It did until fit hit the shan and now Dubya's a sheece of pit and his short support ain't worth a bucket of spit. Now that he ain't winnin' everybody's turned agin 'im.

And the GOP ain't what it used to be! Three cheers for Democracy!