Bush bashed, but He still finds humour long after the joke is gone

You know, Bush bashing was ok when it started. We could all go along with the joke that Bush “wasn’t quite all there”. We all know he stumbles in his speeches and ad-hoc answers at times, but we all know that we’d do worse if put in the same position. So it was sort of funny.

Then he was elected, and the whole supreme court thing was blown out of all proportion. At that time it got less funny. Having to suffer listening to democrats go on and on how Bush only won because the supreme court chose him was a real drag for those of us who followed the news and actually knew that Bush won both counts.

Then we had 9/11, and the bashing got quite quiet. That was nice.

Afghanistan started, and they started getting noisy again. Bush was sending America into a country where they’d still be fighting for years to come. Well, that attitude got quiet (turns out the Americans weren’t so stupid after all) but these days it doesn’t look quite a good as it did then.

Then we had Iraq. We were rushing to war. After 12 years of Saddam thumbing his nose at the Gulf War cease fire? Whatever!

Bush is a warmonger, Bush is stupid, bla bla bla.

Bush wins another election, gaining the majority that evaded Clinton. Now he’s stolen two elections. Whatever.
No longer funny.

That was 2004. It’s not gotten any funnier since.

But you’ve got to hand it to those guys, they’ve kept their own sense of humour through all these years. More than we can say for some.

Speaking before a Grocery Manufacturers Association gathering Wednesday, Bush suggested his No. 2 is going as “Star Wars” nemesis Darth Vader this year — even though he’s not wearing a costume.

“This morning I was with the vice president,” Bush joked. “I was asking him what costume he was planning. He said, ‘Well I’m already wearing it,’ and then he mumbled something about the dark side of the force.”

Cheney has often been likened to the infamous character, most recently by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a fundraiser in September.

“You can always tell when the Republicans are getting restless, because the Vice President’s motorcade pulls into the Capitol, and Darth Vader emerges,” the New York senator said.

Cheney himself addressed the comparison earlier this month, telling the Institute for Near East Policy, “Most of you knew me long before anyone called me Darth Vader.”

“I’ve been asked if that nickname bothers me, and the answer is, no,” Cheney added then. “After all, Darth Vader is one of the nicer things I’ve been called recently.”

At least he’s not being subject to petty lawsuits.