Goodbye Bush

Julian Sanchez reflects on Bush's helicopter exit and the surprising lack of incoming rocket fire from the gathered crowd:

That George Bush got to leave the White House in a helicopter, rather than dragged from the rear bumper of a Buick, is a testament to the almost mindboggling restraint of the American people. It’s an act of mercy bordering on injustice that the man is facing execration rather than execution.

“Derangement” at this point consists in the failure to appreciate how easy he’s getting off.