I'm ready to get to work for the American People.

What the Fuck!? Ready to get to work? Right now and for the last four years you've been the President. I shudder to think what he will do in his second term with a majority in the house and senate and knowing full well that he doesn't need to run a reelection campaign in 4 years. Here is a tiny excerpt of the president answering questions about his reelection...

REPORTER:

"Do you feel more free?"

PRESIDENT GEORGE W.
BUSH:

"Oh, in terms of feeling free, well, I don't think you'll let me be too free. There's... There's accountability and there are constraints on the presidency, as there should be in any system. I feel... I feel... I feel it is necessary to move an agenda that I told the American people I would move.

Something refreshing about coming off an election, even more refreshing since we all got some sleep last night. But there's... you... you... you go out and you make your case, and you tell the people, "this is what I intend to do." And after hundreds of speeches and three debates and interviews and the whole process, where you keep basically saying the same thing over and over again, that when... when that... when you win, there is a feeling that the people have spoken and embraced your point of view.

And that's what I intend to tell the Congress, that I made it clear what I intend to do as the president; "now let's work..." and the people made it clear what they wanted. "Now let's work together."

And it's one of the wonderful... it's one of the... it's like earning capital. You ask, "Do I feel free?" Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style.

That's what happened in... after the 2000 election. I earned some capital. I've earned capital in this election, and I'm going to spend it for... for what... what I told the people I'd spend it on, which is-- you've heard the agenda-- Social Security and tax reform, moving this economy forward, education, fighting and winning the war on terror."

Lets Translate some of this speech shall we?

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'the people made it clear what they wanted. "Now let's work together." '

This means that

"A narrow margin of Americans have made it clear that I can do whatever I want. So do what I say or be labeled as a flip flopping lily livered partisan hack with a bad attitude."

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'Let me put it to you this way: I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it. It is my style.'

This means that

"I am going to push through whatever the hell I want. In fact right now I am coming up with a campaign to invade France because they are hiding WMD's in their croissants."

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"...I told the people I'd spend it on, which is-- you've heard the agenda-- Social Security and tax reform, moving this economy forward, education, fighting and winning the war on terror."

This means that

"You see this 'capitol' is kinda like burger king bucks, you have to buy a whopper before the first of the year or your coupon expires. You guys know exactly what I'm gonna do Social Security is going to be bet on the Stock Market so our Senior Citizen can afford only the highest level of cat food to eat, I will make absolutely sure the the bottom 90% of Americans recieve a tax cut comprising of about 3% of the total tax cut, I will move the economy forward by taking credit for stuff that has nothing to do with me, More shitty standardized tests in schools means that low income schools will be even shittier than they are now so that we can keep the minority population isolated an oppressed, and of course what Bush agenda would be complete without the needless slaughter of countless innocents and American Troops. USA! USA!

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That is one question (about 1 minute) out of a 45 minute question and answer session. And it is a softball question at that. What the hell was America thinking.