"Democrats and Republicans can work together! ", gasped Bush

As Pelosi put him into a headlock.... (bold is my translation)

Picture hijacked from Watertiger

US President George W Bush had told his Democratic opponents that he welcomes debate on the Iraq war. (Ya, right. These words would not be passing your lips if your party had won in November.)

"We share a common goal and it is to keep America safe," he said in a conciliatory speech to Democrats from the House of Representatives. (No, it apparently is only the Democrats that realize that vanity wars are so 18th century and actually harm the aggressor nation.)

The Democrats, who hold both houses of Congress following November's mid-term elections, oppose President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq. (And 70% of the American people and probably an even higher percentage of the world community. It's just you, Laura, and Barney, Georgie.)

Mr Bush said the disagreements did not mean he questioned their patriotism. (Really? That's not what you've been consistently implying from day one, you twit.)

President Bush said: "I welcome debate in a time of war and I hope you know that." (Did anyone actually hear you over the sniggering?)

He added: "We don't always agree. That's why we're in different parties. (Hmm. This was covered in second grade.)

"But we do agree about our country. We do agree to work together." (Actually we don't. You think it's to make you and your cronies rich and make the poor people even poorer. The Democrats believe in equality. Money may make your life easier, but it does not make you better than anyone else. It often makes you worse.)

He said the White House and the Democrats agreed on a number of issues, including the need for the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki to "show strong leadership". (Maliki can hardly wait to get out of there. The country is in freefall meltdown mode and a lot more people are going to die. Especially those Iraqi politicians who sold out their country's resources to foreign nations. Maliki does not control any army or government. He does not even control his security forces. How can he show strong leadership?)