Schadenfreude

The Bush Administration is looking as rough as I have ever seen it. The sharks are circling the waters even more than when Gypsy Songman wrote his post below. Rumours of five indictments, Iraq death toll at 2000, and a plummeting approval rating all spell misery for the administration.

But the last thing we need is the Democrat party (and its' cheering fanboy adherents) leaping with joy. It is unseemly, in the first place, and perhaps too early, in the second. Third, while you may not like Bush, remember that a weakened president does hurt the country as a whole. While I don't think the president needs to enjoy some sort of magical protection in the name or misplaced patriotism, there is simply no need to enjoy the damage being done to all of us as a whole.

I would like to see the Democrats handle this with the dignity that has been all-too-absent from American politics for quite some time. As much political hay can be made from a gracious handling of victory as can be made from the victory itself.

I do not think that a bit of decorum is too much to ask, but, sadly, it probably is.