G. W. Bush: "The Tautology President"

(Reuters) - U.S. forces have mounted three "precision strikes" in the rebellious Iraqi city of Falluja over the past week aimed at destroying [suspected al Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-]Zarqawi's safe houses and killing his followers.

... Senior military officials said 20 to 25 militants were killed in Friday's strike. But one Falluja resident at the scene said no one had been killed.

"I swear to God, nobody died here except this rabbit," said a man in an Arab robe, dangling a dead rabbit in one hand.

And we thought that Jimmy Carter was the only president ever to feel threatened by a rabbit! Just think, though, how much safer Falluja is today, without that killer rabbit inciting the populace to revolt. It could even have been a descendant of the Killer Rabbit of Arthurian legend (as related by Monty Python):

Tim: "There he is!"
Arthur: "Where?"
T: "There!"
A: "What, behind the rabbit?"
T: "It is the rabbit."
A: "You silly sod! You got us all worked up!"
T: "That's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!"
Robin: "You tit, I soiled my armor I was so scared!"
T: "Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide. It's a killer!"
Galahad: "Get stuffed."
T: "He'll do you up a treat, mate!"
G: "Oh yeah?"
R: "You manky Scots git!"
T: "I'm warning you."
R: "What's he do? Nibble your bum?"
T: "He's got huge ... sharp ... he can leap about ... Look at the bones!"

After predictable carnage and loss of fighting men resulting from Arthur's refusal to believe in the dangerous nature of the rabbit, Arthur and his knights retreat. Ultimately they realize that their only chance for victory is to use "The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" to bring down the rabbit.

Why does that scene (one of my favorite comedy bits ever) remind me of the Bush administration's record? I imagine the "Book of Armaments" is Bush's favorite book of the Bible.

Moving on, today's "Tautology Watch" brings the following piece of (typically searing) logic from Bush: "My job is to do my job." (Seriously? Isn't Cheney actually doing most of Dubya's job for him?)

If Ronald Reagan is remembered by some as "The Great Communicator," then Dubya will probably be known to history as "The Lousy Communicator" or perhaps "The Great Babbler." Someday a comedy troupe will make a film about Bush and his cabinet. They won't have to write too many jokes to make a comedy out of the story; the material's already there, documented (sadly) as fact.