I Wish I Could Say

I wish I could say this surprises me.

I wish I could say that something like that was an isolated incident.

I wish I could say I believe in the leader of this country.

I wish I could say that the people of this country will not allow the travesty to continue.

I wish I could say that this would be the last straw.

I wish I could say that not one more person would have to suffer or die because of the inept decisions being made by our commander in chief.

I wish I could say that honesty and integrity and principals always win out over lies and deceit and manipulation and outright cowardice and stupidity.

I wish I could say that if we all just keep the faith, it will work out in the end.

I wish I could say that at the end of it all, the world will be a better place for all that we have done.

I wish I could say that it was a necessary means to an end.

I wish I could say that someone deserved what they got.

I wish I could say that I believe anything, any word or phrase or idea, that George W. Bush has uttered or thought in the last six years.

I wish I could say it was all a bad dream.

I wish I could say that I don't feel ashamed to be an American.

I wish I could say that someone in this country with the power to do so is working towards world peace.

I wish I could say that I believe things will get better.

I wish I could say that although our Federal Emergency Management Agency has suffered, at least we have gained a better understanding of how to combat terrorism on a global front.

I wish I could say that we found Osama Bin Laden and the weapons of mass destruction and all of his followers have disbanded in disgrace.

I wish I could say that our elected officials are the most qualified people for the jobs they do.

I wish I could say that politicians are public servants and treat their responsibilities as such.

I wish I could say that I live in a country that respects its' citizens...all of its' citizens.

I wish I could say that we are, as a group, headed in the right direction.

I wish I could say that me writing this out will make me feel better, or will make any difference anywhere.

I wish I could say that ignoring world events and focusing solely on getting through my own things in my own life, made it easier to take or in any way better.

I wish I could say that I don’t worry about what the world will be like when my six year old is my age.

I wish I could say that EVERYONE in this country felt that deliberately lying to the American public about judgment errors that ended in the death of hundreds of citizens was somehow worse than lying to the American public about getting a blowjob in the oval office.

I wish I could say that every bad thing that this administration has done has been brought to light.

I wish I could say that Dubya will get on tv in the next 48 hours and apologize for failing to take steps to attempt to save lives and then lying about it, and will avoid the temptation to listen to his advisors screaming at him to “Spin, George, Spin!!!”.

I wish I could say that our president doesn’t have aspirations of becoming a dictator.

I wish I could say that this president recognizes (and regrets) each life that has been lost in Iraq.

I wish I could say that I believe that our president does not intentionally trample the rights of this country’s citizens in the pursuit of his own personal agenda.

I wish I could say George was basically a good person who just fell in with a bad crowd.

I wish I could say that this administration does not value one religion over another, one race over another, one gender or sexual orientation over another, one American over another.

I wish I could say that.

I really wish I could.

But I just can’t.