This is unbelievable:

From Monday’s “Presidential” Press Conference:

From a reporter named David Cochran: Q: “Right. Any lessons you have learned, sir, from the failed nomination of Bernard Kerik? As you look forward now to pick a new director of the Homeland Security Department, and also as you pick a director of national intelligence [DNI], any lessons learned in terms of vetting? And particularly with the DNI, what sort of qualities are you going to be looking for in that man or that woman that you choose?”

PRESIDENT BUSH: “Yeah. Well, first, let me say that I was disappointed that the nomination of Bernard Kerik didn't go forward. In retrospect, he made the right decision to pull his name down. And he made the decision. There was a -- you know, when the process gets going, our counsel asks a lot of questions, and -- and the prospective nominee listens to the questions and answers them and takes a look at what -- what we feel is necessary to be cleared before the FBI check and before the hearings take place on the Hill. And Bernard Kerik, after answering questions and thinking about the questions, decided to pull his name down. He -- I think he would have a done a fine job as the secretary of Homeland Security, and I appreciate his service to our country.”“We -- we've vetted a lot of people in this administration, and we -- we vetted people in the first term. We're vetting people in the second term. And I've got great confidence in our vetting process.”“And so the lessons learned is continue to vet -- (chuckles) -- and ask good questions and get these candidates, the prospective nominees, to understand what we expect a candidate will face during a background check, FBI background check, as well as congressional hearings.”

OK, faithful reader [perhaps there are two of you], think about these two points. Dear Leader thinks Bernie would have done a “fine job as secretary of Homeland Security” and he’s “got great confidence in [the] vetting process.”

I don’t use profanity lightly in this blog, but… intending to give offence, the squirrels in my backyard are brighter than this asshole.

It’s possible that Bernie’s nanny doesn’t even exist, but was invented as an excuse, he was having an affair with two women while married to a third, he accepted illegal gratuities, he was apparently at least semi-mobbed up, and he bailed early on the two big jobs he ever had. But hey, George looked him in the eye and he presciently just knew he had the “stuff” to do the job and would have “done a fine job.” Right!

As for the vetting process, apparently it consists of Dear Leader reading your soul. Remember that Vladimir Putin is also one of George’s soulmates. Both Bernie and Vlad have turned out to be less than wonderful… perhaps George’s confidence is misplaced.