Presidential Historians Agree:

“The Shrub” - Chief Commander

in Mental Midgetry

In a befitting tribute to our outgoing president in the waning days of his two-term disaster in puppeteering (“Executive Marionette”), I offer you this most apropos poster brought to you by the zany folks from Mad Magazine - “Pirates of the Constitution - Head Man’s Mess”.

And what a mess it has been - the list is now legendary & extensive, notable for its endless stream of reckless, above-the-law conduct, corruption, deceit, & unbridled greed:

1. •corpulent spending, pork, cronyism, & earmarks that doubled (from $5 to 10 trillion!) the federal deficit - previously a seemingly impossible feat
   

2. •the lie that was, & became, Iraq
   

3. •deregulation of industries that collapsed under the greed rush & ethics void brought on by such deregulation
   

4. •wholesale stripping of federal environmental regulations
   

5. •energy policy developed in secret by Cheney &  oil company CEO’s
   

6. •repeated rejection of coordinated international efforts to attempt to tame global warming
   

7. •unprecedented levels of corporate welfare & tax breaks
   

8. •political judicial (US attorney) firings & lynchings
   

9. •the “Patriot Act” & related repeals of civil liberties
   

10. •Karl Rove (& his political outing of a CIA agent)
    

11. •Katrina & its aftermath
    

12. •notoriously secretive, dismissive, arrogant, unaccountable, & hostile treatment of the press & media
    

13. •alienation & bullying of international friends & allies
    

14. •Halliburton, Bechtel, Blackwater, et al (ie: Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc) war contract gouging & profiteering
    

15. •regressive tax structures that benefitted the wealthiest on the backs of the lower & middle classes
    

16. •Guantanamo
    

17. •& the list goes on, & on, & on, & on, & on... (& I mean really goes on...)
    

Yes, ethics were tossed out the window from Day One, & it all trickled down from the top; Goodbye ‘W’, & good riddance. You’ve looted the till, & disgraced the country here at home - & on the international stage as well - & done more damage & exhibited more incompetence & vapidity than any president before you in history. Ever. Oh, & welcome back to Texas - do you think you could find somewhere else to live out your “legacy”?

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