The "acting president" strikes again

Crossposted at My Left Wing and Daily Kos

I'm sure most of us remember Bush playing dress-up on the day he announced (yeah, right) the end of combat operations in Iraq.



Some of us even remember the video of Dubya primping and mugging as he prepared to announce the imminent beginning the U.S. initiated terrorism against Iraqi citizens that was "Shock and Awe".



And of course we know that Bush routinely speaks to pre-screened audiences, admitting only people who have signed "loyalty oaths". After the election, he held "town hall meetings" on Social Security, where again, audiences were carefully selected so that they would *appear* to be regular people, but they were always supporters. And people with bumper stickers that said "No more blood for oil" were asked to leave. When he was set to take part in a town hall meeting in Germany that would be--holy #$%#!--the *real thing*, including people asking him challenging questions, he quickly backed out.

Given all of this, is it any surprise to find out that his video teleconference with a National Guard unit in Tikrit was staged and rehearsed? Sadly, no. George W. Bush doesn't just like to play "dress-up". His entire presidency has been a very long game of "make believe". Too bad the stakes are so high.