Bush takes a few — and we do mean few — minutes on Thanksgiving for the troops

In 2003, with his re-election campaign going into high gear, Bush hopped a plane and spent a little over two hours at the Baghdad Airport pretending to celebrate Thanksgiving with the troops.

That was the last time he made any show that the troops even cross his mind during the holidays or any other time. After all, he hasn’t run for anything since.

But his lackluster performance this year is still a surprise. Bush phoned a dozen service members from his Camp David retreat yesterday to tell them:

• He’s proud of them
• He’s impressed by their courage and compassion
• He asks for God’s blessing upon them
• Jeb, Neil, and Condi are waitin’ on him to watch the game, gotta go!

Bush did get one thing right. He said calling the troops was “the least I can do.”

Two years ago, the leaders of the United Methodist Church, of which George Bush claims to be a member, called for a timeline to withdraw from Iraq. Now — unlike Congress — they’re upping the ante.

Maybe Bush should join a church whose principles he actually shares. You know, like the Church of Cynical Greed?

Bishops of the United Methodist Church…elected an Iowa bishop to lead them and called on the United States and its allies to begin an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.

Iowa Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer, 53, was elected to lead the worldwide Council of Bishops of the 11 million-member church, the nation’s second largest Protestant denomination…

The resolution calling for an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq also urges no permanent military bases in Iraq, increased support for military veterans and support for a reconstruction plan.

This isn’t the first time Bush has been called to account by his brethren. As early as 2003, just after the triumphant “end of major combat operations in Iraq,” Methodists expressed their displeasure with the current occupant. A group of 120 of their leaders signed a document entitled “A Prophetic Epistle from United Methodists Calling Our Brother George W. Bush to Repent.”

Maybe Bush should join a church whose principles he actually shares. You know, like the Church of Cynical Greed?