The Wednesday ‘BushWhack’ing

We’ve made it this far, only 2 more days to go…

• As days pass following his resignation and the media actually has a chance to, you know, research something, the number of articles questioning Karl “President” Rove’s status as a political “genius” are increasing… and with good reason.
• Sources close to former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (r-IL) are saying that he will announce his retirement this Friday. Since losing the speaker position, his incredible lack of political power has been staggeringly noticeable and he has faded into the background. To his retirement I say; good riddance. Though if he’s serious about wanting to add one “last hurrah” to his career and enact climate change and energy legislation with Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the woman who took the Speaker’s gavel from him, then I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
• Is anyone else having trouble wrapping their head around AG Gonzales getting power in death penalty cases??? It’s troubling…
• This administration just won’t be happy until they get the country into a war with Iran will they…
• Thank GOD someone in this administration gets it… Army chief of staff Gen. George Casey has said that lengthening tours of duty would be too stressful and risky for troops. Said Casey; “I don’t see going beyond the 15 months. Any more than that, it puts our soldiers at a level of stress and a level of risk that right now I’m not comfortable with.” (About. Effin. Time)
• The 2008 presidential race continues an— ah who cares… it’s still too early…
• And have we mentioned? That Fox “News” much-trumpeted right-wing answer to ‘The Daily Show’, ‘Half Hour News Hour’, has been canceled by Fox execs after incredibly dismal ratings followed the incredibly dismal reviews the show received when it debuted. My favorite review was from Philadelpha Inquirer, which wrote; “The 1/2 Hour News Hour is slow torture all by itself.”