Today, in (surprisingly as it may seem) Florida, Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney was introduced by Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Yes, THAT Bush. You know, the one who cannot bring himself to mention the name of the brother he "loves", in public.
In his introduction, Mr. (using the term unceremoniously loosely, as I am want to do from time to time) Bush pontificated upon the need for President Obama to stop blaming "my brother" (He who must not be named!) for the economic condition of our nation, either in 2008, or now.
Jeb Bush (the only Bush who, it seems, MAY be named these days) further asks the partisan audience if they believe it is possible for this President to unite our nation. Of course, and (quite honestly) as if on cue, there arose a resounding "NO!" from the partisan audience in attendance. THIS VERY DAY!
I have a message for Jeb Bush (he who may be named, evidently--but we'll work on that soon), the audience, and the citizens of Florida who consider this person to be worthy of public acknowledgement, much less emulation within his party.
His statement, and mine, may be found (if you care to engage) just below the squiggledoodlethingey fold.
In Florida today, Jeb Bush said this:
Here is a link for those who have difficulty seeing embedded video. You really should watch it, or else very little else in this diary will make any sense whatsoever. Or not.
Dear Jeb Bush:
No. The sitting President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama (#44 for those following along on the program) should NEVER stop blaming your brother, George Walker Bush for the economic condition of these United States. Ever. There is a simple reason for that, which may even penetrate your familially protective brain.
Your brother, George Walker Bush (or, as he is known in some relatively impressive circles, "TCP (The Criminal President)") was, is, and will always BE responsible for the economic woes our nation has suffered since 2001. He, and he alone. We must, for the purposes of clarity, also note that George W. Bush (YOUR brother) will forever be assuredly mentioned in FIRST PLACE on any list of those responsible for the economic conditions of our nation at any point since his first inaugural day. If one skips merrily forward to the year 2005, this is, and will forever be an absolutely assured reality. OF this there is not, nor shall there ever be, even the remotest doubt.
It IS fair, however, to say that President Obama (#44, ibid.) HAS worked, since being inaugurated as our 44th President of The UNITED States in January, 2009 as he is even now working, with many thousands of other Americans, to attempt to not only pull our nation back over the edge of the cliff YOUR BROTHER, George W. Bush gleefully pushed us over on that cold, Washington day on his way out of Foggy Bottom, but actually to work tirelessly, each and every day of his first Presidential term, to lessen the impact of George W. Bush (YOUR brother!) and the effluvial policies over which he stood as leader during his TWO felonious terms against the American people, our nation, our Democracy, and--quite incidentally as it turns out, the entire human race!
It may be completely true to say that such truths are difficult to bear, especially when you must know in your heart that the person who has done such unprecedented criminality upon our land actually IS your brother. He is. I would more than happily list each, and every felony to which YOUR BROTHER must be held to account, but I feel relatively certain, based upon your tearful emotional outburst, that such a list is more than painfully obvious to you.
Trying to obfuscate, ameliorate, or divert that truth is not only a supreme insult upon this nation and her people. It serves to remind each and every American, each and every time you pop open your pie hole, all over again of them. It causes us, as a people, and as a nation, to feel what has always been, and will forever be, an overwhelmingly unnecessary pain, the depths of which you can not possibly even imagine. That IS your brother, Jeb. If you wish to be a co-conspirator in the continuation of that pain, that national insult, and that international embarrassment, so be it.
YOUR party, YOUR President, YOUR BROTHER worked tirelessly to eliminate the middle class of America, to destroy a generation of our most valued treasure in our murdered youth, the evisceration of that same generation through the tens of thousands of wounded heroes who will, for each remaining moments of their lives, remember just exactly the truth of who YOUR BROTHER is. George W. Bush.
Their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, wives, husbands and children; their friends, fellow students, colleagues and community members will, each and every day, remember precisely who YOUR brother is. So will the entire world. So does the currently sitting President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama. So do those citizens of this nation who consider our collective good to be not only above the national divisions YOUR Brother so proudly foisted upon us, with the nearly unsolicited (and absolutely unregulated) avarice of YOUR BROTHER'S PARTY, of which you seem to be an unapologetic enthusiast, but much more worthy of our very best efforts, our very hardest efforts and sacrifice, and even above what may rightly be called our national conscience.
If you dare to imagine in your most private moments that this nation would allow anyone of YOUR BROTHER's party take the reins of government, and return us to that national nightmare that IS YOUR BROTHER, you are in for a very sad reality. Even now, as we have suffered the insufferable perambulations of your party's leadership, from the incredibly dense Preince Riebus, through Grover Norquist et al, the truly stratospheric hubris of your political candidates, and the nearly unimaginable pulchritude of your federal and state legislative delegations, we witness the level of your concern for America, and Americans in virtually ANY recognizable stratum. We note that you and yours have not yet even begun to privately understand the error of your ways. We recognize your intent to not only return to, but continue the war ON America begun by YOUR BROTHER!
Never, Jeb. NEVER.
You? Well, before I give you my take on things, let me answer your seeming thesis statement.
Can this President (the sitting President of the United States, that is) unite the American People?
Look around, you callous, heartless, self-absorbed carrion-emulating son of a bitch.
Oh, and to finally respond in an entirely personal and simple way to your concerns, Jeb Bush:
FUCK YOU!
Written with much more respect than you, YOUR BROTHER (George Walker Bush), your family, and your entire terrorist party will ever, EVER deserve, I remain,
Merlin Blair "Bud" Fields, Jr. DMA