Bike-Deep in the Big Muddy

Dowd: "W. has jumped the couch."

"Not fallen off the couch, as he did when he choked on that pretzel. Jumped it. According to UrbanDictionary.com, "jump the couch" has now become slang for "a defining moment when you know someone has gone off the deep end. Inspired by Tom Cruise's recent behavior on 'Oprah.' Also see 'jump the shark.' "

"Dan Froomkin wrote on the Washington Post Web site that many of the reporters "fawned over Bush, following him around in packs every time he moved." W. chatted about sports and the twins, still oblivious to the cultural shift that is turning 2005 into 1968.
As the news correspondent Dan Harris noted on ABC on Wednesday, the mood is much different now from what it was when the Dixie Chicks got pilloried for criticizing the president just before the war began."

"The No. 1 music video requested on MTV is Green Day's antiwar song, "Wake Me Up When September Ends," about the pain of soldiers and their families. On Sunday, Joan Baez sang peace anthems at Camp Casey, including "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" The N.F.L. did not cancel its sponsorship of the Rolling Stones tour, even though the band has a new song critical of Mr. Bush and the war." [NYT]

And yet, the media follows this man around like a pack of lost puppies, hanging on his every mispronounced word. What ever happened to reporting what is going on? Obviously, Bush doesn't care that our men and women are dying in Iraq, or that he hasn't mentioned Osama Bin Laden in over 1,400 days.

You know what, if you voted for this giggling murderer, live with it. For those of us that voted for our best interests, let's work together and find out how to reverse course and take our country back, and make it safe again.