>> Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans."

>> Not

>> doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who

>> more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has

>> happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer. I'll

>> cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a

>> lather about me quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution

>> or something, let me assure you: there's been no breaking of laws or

>> impeachable offenses in this office.

>> The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people. I'm

>> fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the



>> world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the



>> majority of you are too damned lazy to do your homework and figure it

>> out.

>> Let's start local. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and



>> the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is



>> in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners including

>> record numbers of MINORITY homeowners. And while we're mentioning

>> minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an

>> all-time high. Our unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the



>> Clinton Administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it

>> doesn't seem to have sunk in. Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11,

>> the ! stock m arket has rebounded to record levels and more Americans

>> than ever are participating in these markets.

>> Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you

>> are too damn stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's

>> increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful



>> of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront

>> property than your economic security.

>> We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this "blood for oil"

>> thing. If I was trading blood for oil I would've already seized Iraq 's

>> oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give

>> me this 'Bush Lied People Died' crap either. If I was the liar you

>> morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in

>> Iraq so they could be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact

>> that the intelligence was faulty. Let me remind you that the rest of the



>> world thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. ! ; Let m e also remind

>> you that regime change in Iraq was official US policy before I came into

>> office. Some guy named 'Clinton' established that policy. Bet you

>> didn't know that, did you?

>> You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during



>> the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic

>> models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because

>> fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were

>> simply able to outspend and out-tech them.

>> That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't

>> care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as

>> long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as



>> they can. But they are. They want to kill you. And the bastards are

>> all over the globe. You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any

>> more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not.



>> That's because you've got no idea how hard a small number of

>> intelligence, military, law enforcement and homeland security people have



>> worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess starte! d, I wa rned

>> you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how



>> many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single

>> season of 'Survivor'.

>> Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things

>> through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that



>> wars should last a few months, a few years, tops. Making matters worse,

>> you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the

>> New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and- run

>> Democrat's political campaign, well, dammit, you might just as well Fedex



>> a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.

>> In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over



>> the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC



>> News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you

>> would rather watch American Idol.

>> I could say more about your expectations that the government will

>> always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a

>> city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching. I could say



>> more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is

>> where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I

>> to do so, it would sail right over your heads.

>> So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient

>> house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be

>> fully self-sufficient. No one ever heard of Crawford before I got

>> elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear

>> of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the

>> last pillars of America fall.

>> Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your

>> new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because



>> I still have a glimmer of hope that there are just enough of you

>> remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.

>> So that's it. God bless what's left of America. Some of you know what I



>> mean.

>>

>> The rest of you, * off.