[Rhodes22-list] President Bush's Resignation (political - duh!!)

[Jb]

Herb,
That is a perfect resignation speech. I just dont think he would ever quit.
Jb
Just bent

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:05 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] President Bush's Resignation (political - duh!!)


> Got this from a friend. Those of you that are excited by the subject
> line might want to brace yourselves:
>
> =====
>
> If Bush resigned today, this is what his speech might be.....
>
> 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
> lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution,
> 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  sink 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" crap.  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.   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 out spend 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, 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 Cat 5 hurricane approaching.
>
> I could say more about your idiotic 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 of) 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 - you can
> have her.  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 my ass!
>
> -- 
> Herb Parsons
> S/V O'Jure - O'Day 25
> S/V Reve de Pappa - Coronado 35
>
>
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