Going Down, Taking As Much As He Can Along

In case you were hoping for Chimpie to have an epiphany and do a Scrooge- or Grinchlike turnabout, forget it. The New York Daily News has something that ought to scare the shit out of us all:

They describe him as beset but unbowed, convinced that history will vindicate the major decisions of his presidency even if they damage him and his party in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Actually, it's a good news/bad news thing. The good news is that he is willing to take the Republican Party down with him. The bad news is that he's still in the presidency while he does it. If you think things are fucked up now, imagine the damage someone who is pathologically incapable of self-reflection but certain of historical redemption can do. All of our asses are up for grabs when someone with a messiah complex and a subnormal IQ has the reins of power.

Is Paris burning?