Bush Only Succeeds in Reforming Meaning of the Word "Reform"

Earlier today, I picked up the New York Times, and saw this bit:

Bush said he is fighting ``a lot of entrenched interests'' in
Washington, but said he would pursue the effort until it is
accomplished.

``It's not enough to advocate reform; you've got to get the job done,''
the president told cheering supporters at a picnic.

Now, I know that successful politicians are made of a cloth printed with "I'm a Washington outsider", but I'm amazed that people persist in seeing Dubya as the second George who could not tell a lie. What are the entrenched interests he's fighting? Republicans control the Presidency and Congress. When the Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott wasn't loyal enough, Bush let him twist in the wind until he was replaced by a Bush soldier: Bill Frist. No wonder we're in such a crappy economic state, Bush is the entrenched interest, and he's not even willing to admit it.

Go Bush! Throw out the bums who control Washington!

What is he snorting?

Bush's newest thing is to talk about "Results Matter", and to describe himself as a reformer. How are we going to talk about Bush to the generations of the future? "Daddy, didn't the terrorism get worse as he was President? Didn't terror alerts come more frequently after the war in Iraq?" Our children will think we were nuts. Yes, results matter, and Bush's excellent adventure in Iraq has diverted our attention and resources from stopping those who attacked us on 9/11. Then these future generations will start asking about the Bush reforms, because after all, Bush does "advocate reform". How did he advocate creating a Department of Homeland Security? By threatening to veto it's creation until it was clear his veto would be overwritten. Bush similarly led the effort to investigate the intelligence failures of 9/11, by repeatedly threatening to veto that Commission's creation, and he recently confirmed his reformist nature by loudly opposing having a single person managing all of American intelligence assets, until it was clear he was risking a political scandal.

As I said, I realize that all politicians try to position themselves such; but it's pathetic that so many of Bush's supporters believe the rhetoric. If you want to support Bush because you like his policies: go for it. Someone needs to worry about the super rich, and at least he's simplying military bureaucratic paperwork by slowly having all of his "disappeared". Bush should campaign on a pledge to eliminate all paper work that's connected to recording votes or his national guard record!

But don't support Bush because he's an outsider, or a reformer. Bush is the government, and he's spent three years fighting every suggested reform of American domestic security.

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