So much has happened in the past few days. Let's begin with our Commander-in-Chimp, George "W stands for witless" Bush, and his doting admirer, William Kristol:
- Kristol, chief asshat at the National Review, writes what can be best described as
a glowing review of Bush's presidency in the Washington Post. Bush reads this and recommends it to his staff. (Possibly the most impressive part of this whole thing is that Bush can actually
read!) Howard Kurtz points out the level of
hackery and outright lying and deception that Kristol expects the public to accept as truth, even as the public's eyes see quite the opposite picture, as noted by
Bush's abysmal approval ratings.
- Kristol then goes on FOX News Sunday morning and rips into Bill O'Lielly's favorite target of late, the YearlyKos convention, and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, who founded the DailyKos blog, calling him "not respectable," referring to one offhand line in a post from a few years back. Juan Williams, fortunately, is there to lay
the verbal smackdown on Kristol's idiocy. Of course, the National Review wants everyone to know it considers Kristol to be "respectable." ThinkProgress compiles
what "respectable" speech looks like to the National Review. The DailyKos blog also notes
what "respectable" speech looks like when it
comes from the O'Lielly message boards.
- The Director of National Intelligence now admits that the Bush White House manipulated the Iraq intelligence "
because they didn't like the answers." This lovely tidbit is found in a new biography on Dick "
Go Fuck Yourself" Cheney, who, we also learn, considered the Vice Presidency of the United States a "
cruddy job" a few years prior to his acceptance of being the VP of the dumbest president ever.
- Even David Brooks admits he has to
pull numbers out of his ass to make Bush's Iraq policy look like it makes sense.
Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) doesn't want Bush anywhere near him as he desperately campaigns to keep his Senate seat after 2008.
- Steven Thomma with McClatchy Newspapers reminds us all that
Bush has not been able to sell any of his policies effectively throughout his presidency.
- Walter Pincus over at WaPo reveals some interesting - and scary - facts about an executive order Bush recently signed, entitled "
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq." Let's just say that we are moving closer to Soviet-style thought policing: Disagree with the ruling party, and you may find yourself in a whole mess of trouble.
- From the Oregonian: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee (HSC), wanted to double-check the language used in the White House's plan for operating the government in the event of another terrorist attack. As a member of the House HSC, he has the right to access these documents... yet
he was denied access to those plans. DeFazio's response: "Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right."
- Congressional Republicans are on pace to
set records for legislative obstructionism. Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard calls them "
an unusually effective minority."
- Finally, king douchebag Karl Rove was described as "
so inept and so inartful" by Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings when Rove attempted to date her in the early '80's - advances which she clearly rebuffed. That ineptitude and inartfulness showed in
a letter he recently wrote to Moby, who had joked that Rove may be his long-lost brother.
