Bush Continues To Suffer

Bush Continues To Suffer
by BarbinMD
Sun May 13, 2007 at 03:59:23 PM PDT

Bearing in mind that she is up against some pretty stiff competition, last month Laura Bush made what was perhaps the most asinine statement about Bush's war:

And believe me, no one suffers more than their president and I do when we watch this.
But apparently Bush didn't want to suffer today and instead:

Fond of promoting the endurance of freedom, President Bush on Sunday hailed the nation's humble beginnings as a reminder that new democracies require huge sacrifice.
Bush soaked in the scene like a tourist — first watching a dig for artifacts, then climbing aboard a replica of a majestic ship. [...]

Then came four ceremonial cannon blasts — so loud they made the president shudder.
Those ceremonial cannon blasts sure must have been scary for the Commander guy. He was no doubt suffering as much as the three missing U.S. soldiers that:

An al-Qaida front group announced Sunday it had captured...as thousands of U.S. troops searched insurgent areas south of Baghdad for their three missing comrades.
And so Bush decided to have some more fun:

JoAnn Falletta was doing what a conductor should — concentrating on the orchestra in front of her. No wonder it took her a few seconds on Sunday to realize someone behind her was motioning for a try. President Bush.

She gave him her baton and stepped aside.

Gesturing exuberantly, the president led the orchestra during part of its performance of "Stars and Stripes Forever."

Hopefully no one told him about the report that:

Iraqi gunmen drove into a crowded Iraqi downtown on Sunday morning, pulled two handcuffed men out of the trunk and shot and killed them in a grisly display meant to send a message to residents not to cooperate with US-led forces, police and witnesses said.

"This is the destiny of traitors," the gunmen yelled
This, "on one of the deadliest days in the country in recent weeks, with at least 137 people killed or found dead," might have taken the edge off of his exuberance. And it might have reminded him that no one suffers more than he does.