Hey Nancy: Musharraf resigns facing impeachment - AP

Meanwhile we still have a president whose crimes make Musharraf's minuscule by comparison.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080818/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_29

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced Monday that he will resign, just days ahead of impeachment in parliament over attempts by the U.S.-backed leader to impose authoritarian rule on his turbulent nation.

An emotional Musharraf said he wanted to spare Pakistan from a dangerous power struggle.

"I hope the nation and the people will forgive my mistakes," Musharraf said in a televised address largely devoted to defending his record.

In his hour-long address, Musharraf said he would turn in his resignation to the National Assembly speaker Monday. It was not immediately clear whether it would take effect the same day. Mohammedmian Soomro, the chairman of the upper house of parliament, was poised to take over in the interim.

It remains an open question whom parliament will elect to succeed Musharraf, partly because the ruling coalition has vowed to strip the presidency of much of its power.

And our "opposition" can't even say anything negative about sissy-pants Bush?

Disgusting.