I was just reminded by MoveOn.org that Presidente Arbusto is addressing the nation this evening:
Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, President Bush will speak to the nation about the war in Iraq in a televised address. Despite the car bombs and rising attacks, he’s expected to offer no new policy—in fact, he’s expected to say that we’re making progress, that everything is going just fine.
Over the last week, we asked you to vote on whether we should work together in a major campaign to get Democrats and Republicans in Congress on board with a responsible exit plan. As of this morning, hundreds of thousands have voted and the results are clear: more than 83 percent said you were in. Together, we’re ready to tell our leaders that it’s time to come home.
They then suggest to write a letter to your local newspaper editor after the speech. Makes sense.
To get through the occasionally painful experience of listening to Arbusto mangle the English language, may I suggest this drinking game? It hasn’t been updated since the State of the Union, but most of it still applies:
- If he says Iraq or terror, that’s one small drink.
- If he tries to explain that the war was just a big misunderstanding, group hug, followed by shots.
- If he refers to the two remaining Axis of Evil countries, make a sinister face, cackle, then drink
To that I’ll add that if he says “My job is hard”, throw an unemployment check at the TV screen, then quickly down a bloody mary.
