Dare we hope that he really gets it?

One of the most disappointing characteristics of President George W. Bush has been, not his lack of natural speaking talent, for which I don't hold him responsible, but his lack of willingness to suck it up and communicate his reasoning to the American people as well as to his political enemies in spite of his difficulties doing so.

He has largely left that task to others (who can't exactly peer into his mind), and many of us have grown to resent that we have been defending someone who, by virtue of his job, has a unique platform from which to defend his own dang self and policies, but doesn't seem to be quite up to trying very hard to do so.

Now, with the president's Newly Revealed Testicular Enhancements of Polished Copper/Zinc Alloy Composition™, we—or, I should say, I—have been afraid to hope that he just suddenly gets it.  Maybe it was just a one-off when he let loose at Carl Levin and Teddy Kennedy and the Washington Post like that, saying the things that we had silently (or not so silently) begged him to say for so long.

Well, he's still at it.  Today it's the NYTimes, according to Gateway Pundit.  The lamest, most transparent efforts of the left to rewrite history, when they're SO easily fact-checked into oblivion (see updates), are finally being answered by the president himself.  You know what I mean—the whole "Bush lied us into war" meme, the most easily disproven balderdash the left has tried to get away with in a while, is finally being addressed by the Big Guy himself, and it's about dang time he did.

But that's the end of my complaints along that line, just as long as he keeps it up. 

That's all I ask, Mr. President, sir.  Just please speak for yourself now and then, because you know the facts are on your side.  That's not too much to ask in return for our support (at least, when you deserve our support).

I'll bet they hardly knew what hit them when the president let loose that first time last Saturday.  Heh.  It would appear that someone—Rove, no doubt—set up them the bomb.  All your word are belong to us now, dudes.

For great justice!

UPDATE:  Mr. Peabody has loaned us his Wayback Machine.  Via Instapundit, here's a direct link to a .wmv streaming video of the new RNC commercial featuring Democratic leaders talking about Saddam and WMD as far back as the 90s.  Nothing out-of-context or otherwise distorted here—just lethally pure, unvarnished truth, the best antidote for revisionist history known to man.

And a commenter to The Truth Laid Bear points to a large collection of similar quotations, handy for getting out those annoying, ground-in, hard-to-get-out lefty memestains.  Now with new head-exploding action!

ADDITIONAL UPDATE:  More Fun with the Wayback Machine here.

FURTHER UPDATE NOW THAT BILL QUICK HAS REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING:  For the record, just so there's no misunderstanding or unnecessary ill-will toward those poor souls who were so obviously misled by George Bush years before he even ran for president, let me say this unequivocally and without any undue malice:  I understand you.  I really do.

Therefore, with all due malice, I say that every one of you lying Democratic weasels who subjugated the lives of the very Americans who defend you, our national security, and a basic respect for a quaint old idea called "the truth" to your own political gain ACTED UNPATRIOTICALLY.  That's right, you treasonous, unprincipled sacks of putrid, fermenting used cat litter, I'm questioning your bloody patriotism.  No—I'm not questioning it, I'm downright DENYING it.  Just quit acting like you're the injured party here, k?  You KNOW what you said then, but since little things like honor, truth and our national interest apparently matter not a whit to you, let me just lay it on the table here:  you're not public servants by any stretch.  You're public menaces who don't deserve the protections you get from our military merely by virtue of your citizenship, which you also don't deserve.

You can all go to France for all I care.  Just get out of my sight.  Go.  Move to France or Canada or whomever will tolerate you, even San Francisco, as long as you just go.

(Oh, sorry, Bill.  That Frisco invective wasn't directed at you.  How on Earth you tolerate it there is beyond my ken, even with the reasons you recently gave.)

YET ANOTHER UPDATE RESPONDING TO A COMMENT:  Rob wrote

Fermenting used cat litter? I love it! Preach it Obi! Tell it like it is. I too am tired of Weenies bad mouthing this country that is shedding blood to protect their right to

...and there it just sort of cuts off for reasons unknown, so I'll take a stab at what he may have meant:

They're bad-mouthing (no, that's way too weak—they're cursing) the very people who shed blood to protect their very right to speak out like that and make fools of themselves. These people evidently have no concept of where freedom comes from, much less of what it costs, and especially of who procures it for them and picks up the tab. I suppose they must think it falls from the sky or grows on trees or something (actually, I have occasionally witnessed it growing on a Bush), but it always has to be purchased, and it's pretty pricey—not even George Soros can afford it. If you think gasoline has been expensive of late, try picking up a couple centuries' worth of freedom down at your local Wal-Mart Supercenter sometime.

I don't think your Gold Card will quite cover it. But don't you fret, now—just go talk to Casey Sheehan's buddies about how much it's costing nowadays. They're always happy to kick in with more than their share.

ONE MORE UPDATE:  From the Daily Pundit Archives (26 May 2004), yet another informative list of quotes from poor, misled people with no personal responsibility for what they said, how they voted, or why they did so.

(Thanks to Greyhawk's Open Post!)

Comments

[Rob]

Fermenting used cat litter? I love it! Preach it Obi! Tell it like it is. I too am tired of Weenies bad mouthing this country that is shedding blood to protect their right to

[Obi-Wan]

I was responding to you here, Rob, but then decided to place my response in an update to the post.

Fermenting used cat litter?

Heh—you should have seen me trying to come up with words to describe these people without resorting to excessive vulgarity (the easy way out). This is a great example of something that almost requires profanity to adequately address.

[Rob]

Honestly, I was planning on writing much more but when I typed that last "to" it just felt like I was done. Anything else I would have typed would have just taken away from that one sentiment..

[Phoenix]

I second that emotion. All of it. I have to agree I was getting sick of Bush letting this junk go on without responding to it. He should have been talking to us all along, but it seems he sure let the kitty litter fill up with stuff before he let fly. He let them all dig their little piles, so to speak, and then he let loose. Too bad he's such a poor speaker. I can hardly stand listening to him when he speaks extemporaneously, but at least he is saying what needs to be said. And ALL those great videos of the dems supporting him a mere few years ago..... ahhhhh..... nothing so sweet as a nice video to set those liars aflame. Fahrenheit 911 Pt. II. Bring it on.......