Bush And The Dick (Cheney) He Rode In On

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On the hot blogs this week: GOPers' "blunt talk with Bush" debunked; Gonzo gulps once again; All My Children's Erica Kane has eyes for Prince Philip; Bush proves that he's nothing more than FIG JAM (Fuck, I'm Good. Just Ask Me); A GOPer can't even quote the founding father of the KKK correctly; Karma's name is Monica; and nobody does it better than DUers EarlG, NanceGreggs, IChing, and LynneSin. All this and much, much more. Enjoy.

Blunt Talk, My Ass!

According to reports, eleven GOPers stormed the White House and told the Commander Guy that his lies about Iraq are killing them in the polls; therefore, the prez needs to shut his piehole and let Gen. Petraeus do the lying from here on out. Did I miss anything? Oh, yeah. The situation is so dire that Bush has a 5% approval rating in the Northern Virginia district of one of the "concerned" GOP storm troopers. John Ponder at Pensito Review has the rest of the story, as well as the rough Tim Russert transcript from NBC:

NBC News is reporting that a delegation of House members called on Pres. Bush yesterday in the private residence of the White House to inform him that he has lost all credibility on the war among their constituents. He was advised that he and his spokespersons should stop making claims about progress in Iraq altogether. One of the congressmen told him, "We need candor. We need honesty, Mr. President."

Naturally, Little Russ acted like these were the bravest little GOP soldiers in the whole wide world. Asshattery in action there, Tim.

Gonzo Gulps

New hot seat, same as the old hot seat. Raise your hand if you were expecting U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to come (Rove) clean and provide the House Judiciary Committee any actual (Rove) facts regarding the (Rove) firing of eight - make that nine - U.S. Attorneys for (Rove) political reasons... and expose the (Rove) coverup which ensued after the (Rove) firings. As usual, Firedoglake and http://tpmmuckraker.com">Talking Points Memo deliver play-by-play blogging of the testimony.

God Help The Queen... And Prince Philip (From Erica Kane & Gee Dubya)!

You know there's trouble ahead when All My Children's Erica Kane (actress Susan Lucci) has her evil eye on Prince Philip. Thanks to Gahzette for catching this goody:


Of course, Gee Dubya flubbed his queen speech. We all knew he would, didn't we? But the lap dog press reported Bush's inability to read the year 1776 instead of 1976 as his ability to be charming (by making it a joke and winking at the venerable monarch). Here on Planet Reality, however, Bush just proved once again that he's Fig Jam (trans. Fuck, I'm Good. Just Ask Me). From Sooner Thought:

When you've just made it sound like the Queen is more than 200 years old, there may be a few ways of recovering from the gaffe. But turning to her and giving her a sly wink is probably not included in any book of royal etiquette.

Meanwhile, on the really, really, really bad BushCo front this week...

A Few Really, Really, Really Bad Apples

And I mean seriously bad apples. What could possibly be worse than quoting the founder of the KKK on the floor of the House? How about misquoting him? The Carpetbagger Report, citing Roll Call, takes on Texas Repub Ted Poe's... um, take on why congress should continue to write blank checks for Bush's Iraq Folly and ends with:

Post Script: And, just as an aside, the quote Poe used was wrong.

(A)ccording to historians, Forrest didn't really say the line that's so often attributed to him. "Do not, under any circumstances whatever, quote Forrest as saying 'fustest' and 'mostest'," Civil War scholar Bruce Catton wrote in his 1971 book, "The Civil War." Catton wrote that Forrest actually believed the essence of strategy - and the proper quote - was "to git thar fust with the most men."

What's worse than quoting the founder of the KKK on the House floor? Quoting him incorrectly.

Naturally, Crooks and Liars has the video.

Forget spooks, spies, or clandestine operatives. Who needs them when it's looking more and more like Berlusconi handed Bush the Niger forgeries in person? Daily Kos' Deepsouthdoug writes:

Berlusconi gave Niger Forgeries DIRECTLY to Bush
by deepsouthdoug

That was strongly implied in an interview of Italian journalist/author Carlo Bonini author of Collusion: International Espionage and the War on Terror done by Bill Moyers last night.

Because of the power of 'the Internets' I've read just about everything I could on the Niger forgery caper, but I can't recall reading that Berlusconi directly gave the information to Bush. I'm attaching key points of the transcript for those interested.

Read the transcript (at the link) for the fully story. It doesn't get any simpler than this. Naturally, someone was tasked with informing Britain's Blair that there was info on Saddam and yellowcake, which prompted Bush to spew forth those infamous 16 words. Any questions now?

Karma Is A Girl Named Monica

And then, boys and girls, Goody-Goody Monica Goodling was the one who personally draped $8000 worth of blue fabric over The Spirit of Justice's cold bronze tits back in the Ashcroft era. TPM Muckraker Paul Kiel has the... um, particulars. Monica has already resigned, but she's not gone yet.

So what's a BushCo senior aide to do these days? Hmm. Wouldn't you be tempted to leave the Titanic as it heads toward that iceberg? Matthew Lee at The Huffington Post doesn't miss the Associated Press's body count:

"Mass Exodus": At Least 20 Security Aides Have Left Bush Admin In Last Six Months

Top members of President Bush's national security team are leaving in one of the earliest waves of departures from a second-term administration -- nearly two years before Bush's time ends.

As rancor in the nation rises over handling of the war in Iraq, at least 20 senior aides have either retired or resigned from important posts at the White House, Pentagon and State Department in the past six months.

Rats. Ship. You know the rest. As for the steadfast few (but still rats) who choose to join Bush in the bunker, there are...

More Than A Few Good Bloggers

Render unto Lou Dobbs that which is... uh, Jesus's? Nobody can skewer you quite like Wonkette can, Lou:

Orange-headed Space.com founder Lou Dobbs isn't just hating on Mexicans today - he is taking the fight to God. Apparently God/Jesus is a helper of Mexicans - no coincidence, if you consider Jesus' suspiciously Mexican-sounding name - and Dobbs has basically threatened to kill God/Jesus if there's any "divine intervention" on behalf of the evil Mexicans. Dobbs writes:

The Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners Magazine put it this way: "If given the choice on this issue between Jesus and Lou Dobbs, I choose my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ."

But before the faithful acquiesce in the false choice offered by the good Reverend, perhaps he and his followers should consult Romans 13, where it is written: "Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities ..."

That's right, America! Do not make the "false choice" of worshiping your pathetic God.

What can be done about Bush scum rising to the top? If Truthdig's Robert Sheer has anything to say about it, they must be exposed for the psychotic personalities that they are:

To understand why scum consistently rises to the surface of the Bush administration, it is best to refer to the wisdom contained in the final memoir of the late, great Kurt Vonnegut. In an excerpt published in 2006, Vonnegut observed that "George W. Bush has gathered around him ... most frighteningly, psychotic personalities, or PPs, the medical term for smart, personable people who have no consciences."

(snip)

Yes, their mendacity does often catch up with them, and folks like Wolfowitz do not tend to be well regarded after they have lost the perks of power. The problem is that the truth arrives too late to prevent considerable suffering. Indeed, Wolfowitz's embarrassment at the World Bank is a minor inconvenience compared with the opprobrium he should be receiving after each day's dose of disaster news from Iraq disproves the cakewalk of a regime change that he had so assuredly promised.

Then, too, this lying lout will no doubt be rewarded with something similar to the $4-million contract that former CIA Director George Tenet recently received to share a few details of how he went about betraying us.

Wow! The L word (LYING) is finally out there. Let's hope it stays front and center. Hiding (not handling) the truth, however, is still the BushCo priority...

Can U.S. Army officials really handle the truth? Are they really backing down on their new-and-improved regulation requiring soldier bloggers to get approval before posting? Wired.com reports that the Army may be backing away from its new puffed-up policy.

In a fact sheet and in comments to the Associated Press, Army officials are saying, in essence, not to worry about the precise wording of the rules. The service won't enforce 'em anyway, they promise.

The Army's fact sheet, released a few hours ago, says:

In no way will every blog post/update a Soldier makes on his or her blog need to be monitored or first approved by an immediate supervisor.

If it sounds too good to be true, military bloggers, it probably is.

Pregnant Pause

Dumber-than-dirt Repubs do the damndest things, don't they? This time, they violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act when they bypassed Bud Cummins' deputy Jane Duke, claiming it was because she was pregnant, and replaced her with Karl Rove's buddy. Naturally, Think Progress was on this revelation quicker than Demerol on a contraction.

Did you catch the checkmate move by Steny Hoyer and John Conyers in the Repubs' game of No Hate Crime Bill Ever? The AmericaBlog post on the House passing the bill is here, but the real fireworks erupted a short time before the vote, when Repubs howled that it didn't include soldiers and the elderly. Well, the Dems agreed to include those groups, but the Repubs howled even louder. Hateful is as hateful does. Hope you're happy, Repub voters. Your leaders say it's okay to hate on you.

Election 2008: It's Not What You Say; It's What You DON'T SAY!

Nobody does it better than NanceGreggs, and this latest essay is proof positive. Here's a bit of the latest in a long line of rants:

Were we living in normal times, we'd be hearing all about the glorious accomplishments of the Republican administration and its party members as we head into the 2008 election. The GOP would be pointing proudly to the strides they'd made in education and health care, national security and the economy, along with bolstering our leadership role internationally through diplomatic efforts and strengthened ties with our global neighbors.

Of course, these are not normal times at all.

(snip)

It would seem that the GOP is down to talking about the weather, but even that's off-limits in these heady times when the topic might lead to a discussion about global warming. Immediately one thinks of the old adage that it's better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

(snip)

So if you see a man or woman standing utterly mute on a stage in your city or town over the next year, staring mindlessly into space, that's not a mime – that's just a Republican campaigning on the strengths of their party's past performance.

Pardon me while I snicker.

Thank A DUer!

Thanks to EarlG (aka the best editor alive today) for his GOP debate post-mortem. My favorite snippet:

The wackiest duffer was: John McCain. Quick tip, John - at the next debate you might want to brandish a cane and shout "Get off my lawn!" in between questions. The field of candidates is already packed with cranky old white men; this will help you to show the audience who can really dodder.

Thanks to IChing for posting this:

Handy Cartoon with many of the Administration's crimes and scandals.

And thanks again to IChing for this great catch:

Traffic Directions for America


BTW Obama is not my first choice but I like the message.

Finally, thanks to LynneSin for reviewing Laura Bush's latest Fashion Don't:

It may be Oscar De La Renta but on Laura it looks like Oscar De La Crap


First thing I thought when I saw that picture was Laura's boobs were hanging pretty low. Then I realized it was a short jacket, which does absolutely nothing to flatter her figure


And seriously, does the Queen look annoyed standing between those 2 plaster faces? Laura needs to back off of the botox - her face is in permament joker mode

Yes, LynneSin, Vera Wang was, indeed, weeping. As are we all this week: how sad that GOPers are finally facing facts about their misplaced loyalties.

The country has finally had it with Bush and the Cheney he rode in on. Even GOPers are running scared this week. Hey, when you ain't got nuthin', you got nuthin' to lose, right? Hey, Dems! It's time to rock the House... and the Senate, and the airwaves, and the newsprint pages. Bush doesn't ride horses, you know. He's afraid of them. And the Cheney he's been riding suddenly looks "rode hard and put away wet." Let's keep fighting the tightie righties and put them out to pasture, once and for all.

Thanks for the great blog links. Peace.

-- Delilah Boyd

[Demeter]

1. That Last Photo--Bush Really DOES Look Like a Chimp!

The rolled shoulders and the knuckles ready to walk on, that face, the baggy pants (somebody call wardrobe, stat!) Is there no room for disbelief any more?

[PurpleChez]

2. I thought those were Pickles' tits too!!!!

Damn.

[TheMadMonk]

4. Me three. And the image was not a pretty one. Shudder.

[Maeve]

3. You realize why no one says Gonzo is lying thru his teeth, don't you?

Cuz that ain't the orifice he's talking thru....