George W. Bush’s Imperial Presidency is long gone, as Barack Obama pleads with the nation.
“There are a lot of crises in the world that we can’t always predict or avoid,” he tells Americans after being missing in action all week. “This isn’t one of those crises…
“If you want to see a bipartisan compromise, make a phone call, send an e-mail, tweet. Keep the pressure on Washington and we can get past this.”
The man who killed Osama bin Laden only weeks ago is being held captive by a few dozen Tea Party terrorists, most of whom couldn’t find the Capitol six months ago. There are no Navy Seals, only befuddled John Boehner, to disarm them and keep them from blowing up the economy like the Twin Towers.
But Boehner is looking more and more like bin Laden these days, making plans in his bunker but unsure of who will carry them out.