The Legion of Doom

Check out this photograph. It's Bush meeting with a truly odious collection of sycophants and lickspittles: Sean Hannity, Michael Medved, Neal Boortz, Laura Ingraham, and Michael Gallagher. Gallagher is the only one of the bunch with whom I'm unfamiliar, but his inclusion in this photograph tells me everything I need to know about him. It's amazing who has the ear of the President these days.

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"I sure wish the world was perfect, like it was when Clinton was president. You remember what that was like, right? No terrorism... perfect peace in the Middle-East... clean air... no global warming... no corrupt politicians... no scandals... simply a golden age of prosperity for the entire planet."

Man, it was close to perfect, wasn't it? It has been so long, I had forgotten.

I sure wish the world was perfect, like it was when Clinton was president. You remember what that was like, right? No terrorism... perfect peace in the Middle-East... clean air... no global warming... no corrupt politicians... no scandals... simply a golden age of prosperity for the entire planet.

I hate when things are better because that means they still might not be perfect.

I sure wish the world was perfect, like it was when Clinton was president. You remember what that was like, right? No terrorism... perfect peace in the Middle-East... clean air... no global warming... no corrupt politicians... no scandals... simply a golden age of prosperity for the entire planet.

....and so free of people trolling blog comment threads with strawmen and abject rhetorical hand-waving. Ah, those were the days.

BTW Jason, Mike Gallagher has the distinction in that group of probably being the most whacked-out religious-right wingnut to occupy it. I wouldn't recommend listening to his radio show, ever, unless you need to kill off quite a few neurons.