Allen at The Right Christians writes:

Bush represents all that Nixon struggled against. Where Nixon was always articulate when discussing even the most complex foreign or domestic issues, Bush ventures into uncharted territory when he dares to use words of more than two syllables. Where Nixon’s every mistake threatened to cast him into outer darkness, Bush has failed over and over again in life only to be rescued by his powerful family and its friends. Where Nixon learned about the hardships of life in the pre-New Deal capitalist America, Bush has always enjoyed the advantages bestowed upon the born-rich.

Read the whole thing. Almost makes you feel sorry for Tricky Dick. Almost.

Democrats defend what they can’t pay for, and Republicans boldly offer to accept the consequences of their convictions. Their supporters huzzah for their principles. Nobody has to deliver. It’s an ideal situation for elections, when the big media pay attention again. Republicans will run as the party of tax cuts, Democrats as defenders of schools and hospitals. Everything will run except California’s government, and every principle will be upheld except the one of paying for your decisions.

Read the entire article.

Joshua over at View From A Height lovingly displays a picture of Saddam & Chirac meeting in 1974 and titles his post ‘We’ll always have Paris’.

I’ll see your pre-murdering, pre-torturing Saddam and raise with a photo of our own Don Rumsfeld meeting with the murdering, torturing Saddam below:

Update: Video is also available