It's NOT your FAULT

As we at TGL have noted before, the Congressional Republicans remain loyally wedded to President Bush, even as he continues to abuse and mock them. Well, here's another big chance for this sorry lot to stand up for themselves. It appears that the President took $700 million they had allocated for Afghanistan and wrongfully diverted it to the Iraq effort. Will the GOP allow an investigation? That remains to be seen.

GOP members, there is help available. The President is like other abusers --"they are controlling, manipulative, often see themselves as victims and believe that [the President has] a pre-ordained right to be in charge of all aspects of a relationship." He is the one who is wrong here, not you.

No, no, GOP members. If he loved you, he wouldn't do this to you. And no, it's not your fault that the President abuses you. Perhaps your mentality was wrongfully influenced by the GOP governor of my home state when she told a group of battered spouses that her husband had never hit her, but that she had "never given him any reason to hit [her], either." It's not about giving the President a reason... it's something that is wrong with him.

I do feel sorry for the Congressional GOP; it's hard not to. Maybe if we all support them, they will find the courage to end the cycle of abuse.