Oral Fix

Would someone please give George W. Bush a blow job, so we can impeach him already?

Go to Google News and you will see headlines that suggest a “Shake-Up at the White House.”

Are you kidding me?

People don’t care about the new chief of staff, Josh Bolten, and his house-cleaning. What the American people are concerned about are Iraq, Iran, gas prices, health care and the sky-rocketing deficit.

Upon his resignation, press secretary Scott McClellan issued the understatement of the year, “It’s time for a fresh start.”

I find it ironic that generals are speaking out against the Iraq war and calling for Rumsfeld’s resignation just as Bolten is out looking for few good men. The administration calls the generals’ criticism inappropriate and insignificant. And while there may be nearly 8,000 active and retired senior officers who haven’t spoken out about the war, as the Pentagon noted, the generals that are speaking out represent a very high number of those who actually served in Iraq. Moreover, these generals are the very officers cited by the Bush administration as being listened to “every step of the way on troop levels and tactics.”

The most talented pool of resources for this “fresh start” has already left or have been driven out. Those folks would be the number crunchers with a conscience, including the guy who knew the prescription drug bill would cost $700 billion—not $400 billion. And Larry Lindsey, who knew oil proceeds wouldn’t begin to cover the cost of the Iraq war. Then of course, there is General Eric Shinseki—who knew that several hundred thousand troops was indeed NOT “wildly off the mark.” And the few whistle-blowers who want answers about the billions of dollars missing from the Iraqi reconstruction… and the billions of dollars spent on a new embassy in Baghdad that was never approved by Congress.

Whatever sights Bolten has set for this new “fresh start,” he should refer to books written by some who served… since no one else in the White House has the balls to tell Bush he and his entire administration are full of shit… and have no right sending our young men and women into war when they themselves (Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld) have never served a day of active duty or fought for their country on foreign soil.

There is one former general who hasn’t (yet) joined the six generals, but has begun to speak out. Former Secretary of State General Colin Powell recently gave a speech in Chicago, “We didn’t have enough troops on the ground. We didn’t impose our will. As a result, an insurgency got started and… it got out of control.”

We need to listen to these generals. They know, more than any of those suits in Washington, what needs to be done to untangle the mess in Iraq. As a government, and as a nation, we need to take a hard look at ourselves and the messages we are sending to our global neighbors… or we are no better than those we condemn.

Our “fresh start” does not mean moving a few chess pieces around the board and distracting the American people with rhetoric about political and ethical reform. It starts with moving toward removing idiots from the White House who refuse to listen their constituents.

Make no mistake, Mr. President. You are not the “decider.” Read the Constitution. That job is reserved for we the people.