Decline and Fall

Last week I had a conversation with someone who sincerely believed that she was not born on this planet. Wanting to know how anyone could come to such a conclusion about their life, I asked her how she knew this, what evidence she had for her belief. But it turned out she had no evidence, only some sort of intangible belief. She simply smiled at me and said, "I just know."

I mention this because she is apparently not alone. Karl Rove, the power behind the Bush throne, said something yesterday so fantastically delusional that I can only imagine he would give the same response if challenged. He was asked whose idea it was to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq and responded,

I think it was Osama bin Laden's.

Osama bin Laden's. He said that. He meant it. Even though his boss and puppet recently admitted that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11. Even though there have been no operational links between Saddam's regime and al Qaeda. Even though the entire world knows this already and has known it for years.

Well, not the entire world. His comment was greeted "with a round of applause."

At what point do we get to vote no confidence in these people? Or, as Thoreau asked last week, what does it take to get fired?

Via The Questionable Authority, The Cosmic Tap, and Think Progress.

Labels: Bush, conservatism, Iraq, reason