Bubble Boy Still Floatin' Down Denial

Having highjacked the West Wing for another four years, the Misinformer in Chief has apparently been feeling a tad bit less frightened to talk to the press lately. His most recent conversation, held aboard Air Farce One, was a tour de' force of hallucinations and visions normally only experienced by certain Native American shaman who have ingested large quantities of questionable mushrooms. A few of the highlights for you:

President Bush said the public's decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Iraq and that there was no reason to hold any administration officials accountable for mistakes or misjudgments in prewar planning or managing the violent aftermath.

Whoa! Even though only 40% of those recently polled could put on blinders big enough to say that he's doing even an "adequate" job in Iraq? Methinks somebody is still confused about the idea of "man dates" and failing to read the news. Moving along, The Worst President Ever had a quick message for his Bible thumping supporters on the Christian Far Wrong Right:

For the first time, Bush said he will not press senators to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, the top priority for many social conservative groups.

Short translation: "Thanks for the votes, suckers. But this was never gonna happen, so now you can all go piss off." That little bombshell quickly sent Bush's mouthpiece, Scotty McClellan, hustling to the phones to start the damage control efforts.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan called to say the president wished to clarify his position, saying Bush was "willing to spend political capital" but believes it will be virtually impossible to overcome Senate resistance until the courts render a verdict on DOMA.

After taking yet another sip of his hallucinogenic homebrew, the Smirking Chimp began spouting more fantasies about Social Security.

And he said he has no plans to cut benefits for the approximately 40 percent of Social Security recipients who collect monthly disability and survivor payments as he prepares his plan for partial privatization.

And you're going to make the balance sheets sum out to zero how, exactly? I know that it's been a long held practice for politicians to engage in what we like to call "fuzzy math", but this guy has simply thrown the math and economics books away entirely. And what of his decision to stick the District of Columbia with a twelve million dollar tab (taken from their Homeland Defense budget) to pay for security during is upcoming inaugural party?

Bush defended the administration's decision to force the District of Columbia to spend $12 million of its homeland security budget to provide tighter security for this week's festivities. He also warned that the ceremony could make the city "an attractive target for terrorists."

"By providing security, hopefully that will provide comfort to people who are coming from all around the country to come and stay in the hotels in Washington and to be able to watch the different festivities in Washington, and eat the food in Washington," Bush said. "I think it provides them great comfort to know that all levels of government are working closely to make this event as secure as possible."

There isn't much more to say. Interviews like this demonstrate that Bush's handlers still keep him in virtual seclusion from any news or dissenting opinions. Bubble Boy continues to blunder along thinking that he has a mandate not just from the people who despise him, but from God himself.

Some other, generally more rational minds have already commented on this mind blowing interview around the old blogosphere.

Oliver Willis has, among other pithy comments, " Translation: Dead soldiers? I don't care, I won re-election."

Even some Bush supporters like Steven Bainbridge were taken aback: "Somebody needs to tell the President that a lot of us voted for him despite serious and longstanding doubts about his policy in Iraq."