George W. Bush for President, of Iraq

In the LA Times Patt Morrison gives us a number of reasons why George W. Bush would be the perfect Iraqi President.

The reasons for Bush to become president of Iraq:

� The United States is already on Bush autopilot; his agenda is safe in the hands of Dick Cheney, who wrote a lot of the playbook anyway.

� Karl Rove is getting bored and needs a real challenge, and Iraqi campaigning makes the rhetorical phrase "political bloodletting" real.

� Bush could wear his "mission accomplished" flight suit all the time.

� Iraq is running out of its own politicians.

� Short campaigns mean less time to be caught in tongue-twisting contradictions.

� Bush can institute his Social Security reforms without carping from elderly voters' lobby or economists � Iraqis may not live long enough anyway.

� It guarantees that the U.S. gets exactly the kind of leadership it wants in Baghdad.

� As a Texan, he'll fit right into a country that has more guns than cars.

� Iraq has a crying need for someone who knows the "awl bidness."

� The climate is more like Texas' than D.C.'s.

� Many Iraqi people also speak English with an accent.

� Unmarried daughters have to live at home and stay out of trouble.

� Thanks to Saddam Hussein's precedent, no problem defying international treaties.

� He could find himself signing a death warrant for Hussein, the guy who "tried to kill my dad."

� No alcohol � no temptation to fall off the wagon.

� No term limits.

� Iraqis love faith-based initiatives.

Works for me.