Would George Bush Please Be a Lame Duck?

Eugene Robinson's Bush's Parting Shots? scared me. I now have images of George W. Bush as General Jack D. Ripper as played by Elmer Fudd.

"As for the other Evils, we know the story: Iraq is a bloody quagmire that has claimed more than 4,000 American lives, and Iran is more powerful than at any time since the fall of the shah. Bush's legacy on the world stage is defined by Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, secret CIA prisons and waterboarding. His successor will face an enormous task restoring America's image and moral standing.

But if Bush is chastened by failure or troubled by doubt, he doesn't show it. He has said that he expects to be vindicated by history. The danger is that he will decide to give historians more fodder by taking care of unfinished business -- especially business that the next president might want no part of."

Since then we have had the Iranians shoot off their rockets. Tough talk from us. Yeah, it is only four months till the election and another six till the Inauguration - it could be a long, long six months.