Here's a quote from a Newsweek article describing what Bush was doing while the British were acting on the London terrorist plot:

While British intel was closing in on the alleged plotters, Bush was egging his junior aides to join the "100 Degree Club," an annual run in the scorching heat. Bush, who has quit jogging because of bad knees, rides a bike around his panting staffers, shouting, "Keep going! You can do it!"

Oh God, make the pain stop. This guy is a third grader. As if to reinforce that point, a story comes out this week about how the President likes to make fart jokes. Come on man. This guy is an embarrassment. Somebody call the bullpen.

But if it was just fart jokes, inappropriate back rubs, goofy bike rides and childish exclamations about big countries, maybe we could get by. But what he says about real events with real consequences is far scarier. In Monday's press conference, he was still talking about Saddam Hussein's intentions to one day get a weapons program. George, get over it, you invaded the wrong country. Talking about how Saddam might have one day put together a weapons program while Baghdad burns is not only ridiculous, but utterly beside the point.

Yes, Paraguay might one day put together a weapons program, but invading it now, just in case, is a pretty bad idea. And three and half years after a disastrous invasion to still be using lame excuses about what Saddam's evil intentions were is pathetic. You didn't do your homework. You didn't even realize that there were different ethnicities in Iraq.

Think about that. Two months before he ordered an invasion of a country, our president had no idea that there were different ethnic groups in that country, let alone who they were. The man is so profoundly overmatched.

I feel like I'm watching a game where a manager doesn't want to sacrifice any more pitchers, so he's leaving this schlep out there to get creamed. It's getting uncomfortable for everyone to watch. People are beginning to divert their eyes. You're begging the skipper to pull him. Bring in the lefty, the right hander, anybody, but get this guy out of here. The country needs a relief pitcher.

Now Bush says that we will not leave Iraq while he's still in office. Somebody, for the love of God, call the bullpen. In this case, it's our soldiers getting killed while Bush leaves them hanging. What the hell are they supposed to do in the middle of a civil war?

But Bush says that they are going to help Iraq achieve "the freedom agenda." As the New York Times recently reported, the Bush administration might have secretly given up on the idea of bringing freedom to Iraq.

"Senior administration officials have acknowledged to me that they are considering alternatives other than democracy," said one military affairs expert who received an Iraq briefing at the White House last month and agreed to speak only on condition of anonymity.

That's not a little thing. That's huge. No WMD. No link to 9/11. Bush just confessed to both those points in Monday's press conference. Now we're not even trying for democracy. My God, what are we doing in Iraq? And does anyone trust the president to figure that out?

Somebody, please call the bullpen.