Does Cheney get a kick out of Bush?

President George W. Bush showed why he is one of the greatest living Americans yesterday when, speaking about Lebanon and how it decides who should make up its government, he said, "majority plus one ought to determine who the president is."

What a brilliant statement! President Bush understands that if Lebanon were to model their electoral system after that of the United States of America, we would run the risk that Lebanon might be able to compete with us in the greatest country contest within a few years.

And if we lost that, we would have nothing to be proud of as Americans.

Seriously, Bush comes across in press conferences, like the one where he made the above comment, like he is making up what he is saying as he goes along even as he repeats things he has said in public many times before. So why does he do them?

I suppose there might be some great explanation involving how press conferences allow the media to look tough and feel good about themselves, while Bush's supporters can think that the press is ganging up on the president and thus they feel greater support for Bush.

But what I really believe is that Bush gets sent out there because Cheney finds it funny to see the president look like a complete idiot in public and know that nobody is going to do anything about the actions of the current presidential administration. Reporters will not ask tough questions and demand answers. There won't be any impeachment and congress won’t be cutting off war funds. And there certainly won't be any mass uprisings. If Uncle Sam bombed Iran with nuclear weapons tomorrow, it would probably be a wash for Bush's poll numbers.

Perhaps the only positive out of all of this is that Cheney gets to laugh and that should be good for his health.