The End, This is the End, My Friend

The question is: Do we watch Bush's Farewell speech tonight, or just the deconstruction of it afterwards by Keith, Rachel, and Jon?

The question is really a matter of my nerves.

Do I shout out contradictions and obscenities in response to Bush's delusional denials? Or do I wait to listen more passively to Keith's, then Rachel's, and tomorrow to Jon's bemused reactions?

I will miss the humor of Bush. At least so far, Obama and his cohorts are far less absurd.

Will my nerves be able to take it? Watching just a minute of Cheney last night made me ill. He was talking about his cardiac disease, and suddenly I realized that he looks better now than he did when he squirmed his way into the vice presidency back in 2000. And I personally am going to be paying his medical bills, pension, and body guards for the rest of his life.

I'd rather be paying the costs of his trial and prison sentence.