speaking of moronic...

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Good commentary from Slacktivist on the Dixie Chicks brouhaha -

We have apparently reached the point where any public criticism of the president demands an apology.

Ms. Maines' apology was uncalled for -- Bush is the freaking president. Making fun of the president is the fundamental right of every American. It is one of our finest traditions and rivals baseball and television as a national pasttime.

And if the president turns out to be a thin-skinned, vindictive hothead, then it is the patriotic duty of every red-blooded American to ratchet it up a notch and make fun of the president even more.

Kings are immune from public mockery. So are tyrants and dictators. Presidents are not.

Can't remember who linked to this Jan. 2001 The Onion article on Bush, and it's probably a little unfair, yet eerily prescient...