The Long, Long Farewell to George Bush: The Daily Show Tribute

The Bush Administration ends on "just plain weirdness....Why me-e-e-e-e-e-e?"

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(Almost) Exclusive: George W Bush's Farewell

All month long, we've been preparing our good-bye to the 43rd President, but he has beaten us to the punch with this farewell message, prepared with assistance of Will Ferrell:

A Message from George W Bush by Will Ferrell

The Farewell Song for George Bush Contest: "Eve of Destruction"

Reader Dave Borland offers the following for your consideration as a Good-bye Gift to the 43rd President:

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Closing Guantanamo: Obama Hedges His Promise

Colleagues and I have had a running debate over the likelihood that Barack Obama would shut Camp X-Ray soon after his inauguration as President. Lately, I had swung towards their optimism, in the midst of affirmations by Obama and advisors that he would announce the closure of the detention centre as one of his first acts.

Now, with regret, I have to say my cynical view wasn't completely wrong.



Obama told American televison on Sunday, "I don't want to be ambiguous about this - we are going to close Guantanamo." However, he prefaced this with the caution, "It is more difficult than a lot of people realise." So it will be "a challenge" to shut the prison in the first 100 days of his Administration.

To be fair to the President-elect, he has been boxed in on this issue (as on so many others) by the Bushmen. He can't just release the detainees to their home countries, since in many cases they are not wanted or would face imprisonment and even torture. The American public isn't going to accept supposed bad guys, after almost seven years in detention, running free in the US, and the legal basis for putting the detainees in US jails is uncertain.

So that leaves the alternative of sending the freed men to "third countries" in Europe and Australia. One after another, however --- with the exception of Portugal --- America's friends have said that they are not keen to take on the US responsibility.

Conclusion? The Guantanamo stain on America's reputation won't be removed easily by the new President.

Breaking News: Al Franken is Senator for Minnesota (Almost)

Well, it only took two months but Democrat Al Franken is on the verge of unseating Republican Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race:

A Minnesota board has certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, but a legal challenge probably will keep the race in limbo. The Canvassing Board's declaration Monday starts a seven-day clock for Coleman to file a lawsuit protesting the result. If he doesn't, Franken will get the election certificate he needs to take the seat in Washington.