THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES -- AND WE DON'T NEED A PICTURE TO PROVE IT

Zoe Kentucky of Demagogue says what I thought, but didn't blog (last paragraph):

Eureka!
A Democrat with the cajones to speak openly and frankly about Bush's leadership.
Go Nancy Pelosi!

"The emperor has no clothes," Pelosi, D-California, told reporters on Thursday. "When are people going to face the reality? Pull this curtain back."

"The situation in Iraq and the reckless economic policies in the United States speak to one issue for me, and that is the competence of our leader," Pelosi said. "These policies are not working. But speaking specifically to Iraq, we have a situation where -- without adequate evidence -- we put our young people in harm's way."

Asked specifically if she was calling Bush incompetent, Pelosi replied:
"I believe that the president's leadership in the actions taken in Iraq demonstrate an incompetence in terms of knowledge, judgment and experience in making the decisions that would have been necessary to truly accomplish the mission without the deaths to our troops and the cost to our taxpayers."
Guess who is demanding that she apologize for criticizing our Dear Leader?
The World's Biggest Asshole, of course.

"Nancy Pelosi should apologize for her irresponsible, dangerous rhetoric," Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said. "She apparently is so caught up in partisan hatred for President Bush that her words are putting American lives at risk."

Um, no sir, the President has actively put American lives at risk. Pelosi is merely complaining about it.

UPDATE: Kevin Drum points out that three out of four of the most recent CENTCOM commanders have made statements similar to Pelosi's.