oh, man, this guy is getting ready to blow

George W. Bush looks like a man in dire need of blowing off steam. Today, he addressed an increasingly contentious news conference. His face got beet red, his tone got more and more defensive and his body language became more and more tense.

In other words, George W. Bush is a watched pot and he’s ready to boil.

It’s clear that this (mis)Administration is on the defensive. For days now, Bush and his cronies have been pushing their p.r. campaign at the public. The problem is, with the hand-picked crowds Bush speaks to, the same-old song-and-dance isn’t necessary. They believe this hand-picked alcoholic preppie can actually walk on water. To the rest of the country, the message has long-since gone stale.

Look closely at Bush under pressure and you see a man baffled by the fact that his act doesn’t work any more.

It never should have worked in the first place.

Bush and his henchmen have gone out of their way to circumvent the checks and balance system the founding fathers devised to prevent (mis)Administrations like the Bushies from taking power they way they have – covertly, illegally and immorally. They’ve throttled the Legislative Branch into ignoring blatantly illegal actions in favor of political expediency or out-and-out bribery. They’ve cowed the Judiciary – in some cases flat-out ignoring orders to reveal information.

This is an increasingly fascist government facing its first taste of true dissent from both the public and the media and it is not doing well.

It’s only going to get more intense.

More soon.