GOOD DICK/BAD DICK

George W. Bush has been more like a front man than a leader. Somehow the American people allowed a failed businessman brimming over with unresolved childhood complexes and an outsized sense of entitlement to assume power in our democracy. Representing the most narrow interests of the most narrow slice of the socioeconomic demographic pie, he promised to rejigger the financial pie to benefit his ultra-rich supporters. This is the only thing in his life he ever set out to accomplish that he has ever succeeded in. And the rest of us?


During the al-Qaeda attack on America Bush interpreted leadership as a mandate to read a story of a pet goat to some Florida school children. He then hid under a desk before hopscotching around the country in Air Force one like a chicken without a head. When someone prevailed on him to at least act like a man, he managed to read a speech urging us to... go shopping. Now as his policies of greed and avaricee have our economy teetering dangerously close to another recession, our Leader again urges Americans to just go shopping. And although Condi takes that advice very seriously, most Americans have already borrowed all they can.

Here at DWT we've never urged anyone to buy anything. Until now. Now I want to ask you to consider a purchase: a t-shirt. A friend of mine designed the shirt and he is selling them. Maybe you've already read about Good Dick/Bad Dick over at Firedoglake.

During the last election campaign FDL's Pachacutec introduced me to an old friend of his from Tennessee. Any Tennessee Democrat who recognizes the shortcomings of Harold Ford is someone I'm happy to listen to. He told me about his Good Dick/Bad Dick shirts and I loved the idea. Now he's manufactured them and he's selling them and for every shirt bought $2 goes to the upkeep of Firedoglake, one of the most important, even crucial communities on the Internet.

Take a look at Pach's pitch at the link a couple paragraphs above; oh, here it is again. And then head over to the Good Dick/Bad Dick website and see if there's someone on your shopping list who likes good dick and hates bad Dick... and wants to advertise the fact.