Bush compares his critics to torturers

Yes, his scumbaggery never ceases to amaze.

Speaking via a live video feed from the White House, Bush enthusiastically endorsed the man his campaign smeared in the 2000 Republican presidential primary campaign. Then, after recalling presumptive presidential nominee John McCain's status as a POW during the Vietnam War, Bush tossed off what may well have been the crudest applause line ever uttered by a sitting president with regard to the campaign to succeed him.

Referring to the prison in which McCain was held, Bush revealed the depth of his own bitterness by declaring: "If the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain's resolve to do what is best for his country, you can be sure the angry left never will."