"All right, you've covered your ass now" - George W. Bush

"All right, you've covered your ass now" is what George Bush said to the CIA agent who flew out to his ranch specifically to warn him about intelligence concerning the presidential daily brief entitled, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US."

On Aug. 6, a CIA official brought the infamous "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US" memo to Crawford, to read it out personally to the President and make sure he got the warning. Bush sat in silence as the briefer delivered his fell message. Duty done, the agent awaited the president's orders, or the president's guidance, or the president's questions. He got nothing but a curt, snide dismissal: "All right, you've covered your ass now."

That was it. Bush had nothing else to say about this stark threat of impending slaughter. He had no questions, no advice; the "Commander-in-Chief" had no commands. Just smirking contempt. "You've covered your ass." You've gone through the motions, you've played your part in the charade, just like me – now get lost.

Even if you give Bush every benefit of the doubt here, even if you put the most charitable construction possible on his behavior – although his proven record of duplicity and malevolence deserves no such charity – even with all this, the very best you could say of his reaction is that it represents a blood-curdling degree of depraved indifference and criminal negligence, worthy of Nero."

Bush is a real card isn't he? Funny guy. What kind of games are they playing over there in Washington, D.C.? "You've covered your ass" is not an appropriate response to a grave terrorist threat from one of America's supposed top enemies. What's going on here? Are we to assume that our president is so surly and callous that he just doesn't care? Or does it run deeper than that, perhaps into the murky land of "fore-knowledge"?

It's hard to tell. But one thing is for sure: Bush simply is not competent to run this country. He should be impeached immediately, without delay.

But those Republicans sure do stick together, don't they? Jeeze, sometimes you've got to wonder about their fabled ability to fall in line. Does Karl Rove have incriminating pictures of every single one of them or what? C'mon! Grow some balls, guys (and gals). GW is a menace and we need to impeach him forthwith. Perhaps during the hearings we will find out what really happened in the run-up to September 11th.