Friday ‘BushWhack’ing

• The president’s nominee to “coordinate” the Iraq war was in front of the Senate yesterday for confirmation and gave a “dour assessment” about Iraq, which proves he has a brain. My question is this; if all the military and former military can see that Iraq is an un-winnable mess, why can’t Bush, Cheney, Lieberman, McCain, Petraeus, et al see it? Oh right… the rose-colored gop prescription glasses… I forgot about those.
• Last day of the G-8 Summit and so far Bush has not done anything to embarrass the country… who’d a thunk it? Sure, he had to skip some meetings because he had an "upset tummy" but that was probably best for everyone... lest he re-create his father's 1992 summit incident...
• Most people probably knew this, but just in case you didn’t. If Fred “L&O” Thompson (R-TN) decides to enter the gop presidential race, a good portion of his votes will be coming from those currently supporting John McCain (R-AZ)… at this point, McCain should just drop out of the race now and start kissing the other candidates asses in an attempt to become the VP nominee… though that seems HIGHLY unlikely…
• The immigration deal seems to be deader than Dubya’s approval ratings…
• And speaking of immigration, (okay, it doesn’t really have to do with immigration, but it made for a nice segue) The Bush(whacked) administration will be suspending a post-9/11 security initiative that required U.S. citizens to have passports to fly to and from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean, though they’ll still have to prove that a passport has been applied for, so it’s an inconvenience but not AS BIG OF an inconvenience as before… much like the administration itself…
• And have we mentioned? That the Alabama Senate chamber resembled a South Korean political chamber yesterday as two members, Sens. Charles Bishop (R) and Lowell Barron (D), started throwing fisticuffs because Barron, the Dem, called Bishop, the republican, a “son of a bitch.” (Uh… okay, I find it very hard to believe that this is the first time he has been called a son of a bitch… he’s a politician… he probably hears it twice a day) Bishop did eventually say he regretted throwing the punch because “that’s not the way grown men solve their problems.” But he didn’t apologize to Barron… which sort of sends out a mixed message. You can see video of the poli-grudge match HERE.