Bush as Color Commentator

OK, I think it's finally becoming clear to me now: Dubya is little more than the number two man in the booth, minus the actual insight someone like John Madden occasionally brings to the table. There's no telestrator--hell, if the guy has trouble staying on a bicycle, how could he POSSIBLY handle something like a touchscreen? No, Shrub is reduced to hollering about fifteen yard penalties for "illegal militias."

But even that is, well, pretty simple-minded in light of this New York Times article. Short version: maybe we're not disbanding the militias after all.

Even fighters in the Mahdi Army of the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, whom American soldiers have been killing in large numbers in recent weeks, may be given a chance for legitimacy. In a recent news conference, the general commanding American forces in Najaf and Karbala said he would be willing to consider taking Mahdi Army militiamen into a new Iraqi security force being set up to help secure southern Iraq...

But one former American official familiar with the issue said that while tolerating militias may lead to greater security in the short term, doing so could threaten the democratic process and risk dividing Iraq along ethnic and religious lines...

[Larry Diamond, former senior advisor to the CPA] said he was worried that the militias, most of which are connected to political parties, would use their guns to intimidate voters, steal ballot boxes and assassinate opponents. "Everything we know from similar situations in other countries tells us that the militias will use their control of arms to create facts on the ground," he said.

I mean, jeez: the commander in chief, after SEVERAL rehearsals, couldn't spit out Abu Ghraib. It's clear that the people running things barely clue him in on the strategic or tactical situation, much less actually rely on his judgement. If I was running John Kerry's campaign, I'd juxtapose images of "Mission Accomplished" with "Abu... ... G...rape." Flight suit, meet space cadet.

Is there any doubt that Bush is simply UNQUALIFIED for the job of president?