Friday, January 16th
11:15pm

Dear Diary,

Usually past presidents have ended their presidencies on somewhat positive notes. At least they try to have a farewell conference that seemed to reaffirm most people’s suspicions – that Bush is in an incredible state of denial.

He talked about having kept America safe since September 11th and all that. He even said, “Every morning, I received a briefing on the threats to our nation. I vowed to do everything in my power to keep us safe.” Um, everything? I can’t help but remind Bush that he had been president for eight months before 9/11. And he had completely ignored the warnings that could have prevented that horrific attack on our people. Did he do everything to prevent this attack? Somehow I think not… According to Bush, “America has gone more than seven years without an attack on our soil.” Well, Bush, that is, after the first attack.

Not to mention, I just can’t understand how he can claim that “America is promoting liberty, human rights, and human dignity” when we have Guantánamo, where people are held indefinitely, without reason, and have been tortured, which is outlawed under the Geneva Conventions. It’s an embarrassment to everything our country stands for.

Not only that, he discusses all these strong allies that we have… We have lost so many allies, it’s quite worrisome for any foreign policy that we are hoping to enact.

I think the best words to describe bush are “in denial” and “delusional.” Our country is so much worse off for having had him as our president for the past eight years, but at least we can look forward to Barack and me being in office. Finally, we can look forward to a president who can not just make "tough decisions" (as Bush likes to say), but who can make good decisions.

Until next time,
Joe the Veep

Originally posted in The Secret Diary of Joe Biden