"I am not a crook"

When it comes to the eavesdropping, Bush's response has been to indulge in his usual shenanigans, which we've all come to know and love.

Which is to basically say, "I haven't done anything wrong, but I won't let anybody check on what I've done." The same tactics indulged in by your average four-year-old.

But you know what? It may actually have stopped working. He may have finally pushed it too far for even the supine Congress to tolerate. Congress is furious. People in the NSA are furious, since only a handful of them knew about it. There is NO justification for it, and everybody - even a Republican - knows it.

Bush attempt to justify it by claiming that 9/11 constituted an emergency. But nobody who hasn't drunk the kool-aid will buy that for a second. NOBODY thinks that 9/11 gave the President the authority to do away with the Constitution. NOBODY thinks that state of emergency exists for three years which forces you to circumvent the courts.

If George W. Bush doesn't like the law, then he has to ask our elected officials to change it. Instead, he just broke it. For three straight years.

"Checks and balances? Hey, we don't need no steenking checks and balances."

But you know what's really scary? That so many of our fellow Americans are willing to give the Executive Branch completely dictatorial power, in complete violation of everything that America has ever stood for. They are willing to destroy the very foundations of the United States of America, as either a response to 9/11, or a wish for partisan power, or both. But the things that made America great are SECONDARY to the Bush-worshippers.

However, the Ride of the Dictator may finally be coming to an end. Because this one smells so rancid that it may even force the Congressional Republicans to finally, finally, FINALLY, drag this loser on to the stand, and force him to answer some stinking questions. The Congress may finally demand that Bush be accountable, like they should have been doing for five years.

George W. Bush is OUR EMPLOYEE. He is accountable to the citizens of the United States, and his actions MUST HAVE OVERSIGHT. And it's time we started demanding it.