I don’t think Bush and his pal Al
are smart enough to conspire,
but Karl Rove might recognize
that the FBI’s roust of the House
could save the immigration bill.
A promise to block a “pending�
search warrant might secure the
vote of anyone who’s ever done
anything questionable, and there
may be some of those in Congress.

Candidates for naïve person of the year include
a spokesperson for California’s secretary of state,
Jennifer Kerns, who says Diebold voting machines
have potential security vulnerabilities, “but you
have to be realistic about it: When you’re administrating
elections, there’s a very low risk of any” tampering.
And Diebold spokesman David Bear who says
security concerns are “based on the premise that […]

He opposed the Dubai port deal,
then favored it.
He wanted a security only immigration bill,
then pushed through amnesty for illegals.
He thought the FBI violated the constitution,
now he thinks they did fine.
Whenever he goes to sleep on the job,
Bush jerks his string.

Senators in conference should accept
the House immigration bill, without
the felony provision, if it’s stipulated
that once the flow of illegal immigrants
stops the Senate bill will be considered.
No intelligent boater would debate the
merits of bailing until the leak is plugged.
No intelligent Republican should back
Bush until he gets our troops out of Iraq.

If one considers the unscrupulous efforts
presidents make to persuade lawmakers
to support controversial bills, it’s easy
to see why it should be unconstitutional
for the FBI to search congressional offices.
Congress should go to court to force the
return of the illegally seized evidence.
They would eliminate a threat to their
independence, and if Al is telling the
truth, clean house at Justice […]

I missed the Bush and Blair affair
‘cause I took my grandsons to dinner.
Since our leaders confessed to many
mistakes, but not the biggest, I traded
an evening of frustration for one of fun.

Tony Snow buried Lou Dobbs
in a white-out of words.
Every torrent of questions
was met with answers that
sounded so fluent and sincere
even Lou didn’t seem to notice
they weren’t pertinent or true.
At the start of the interview
Lou thanked Tony for thawing
the four-year-old wall of ice
between him and the White House,
by the end I’m sure he wanted
to restore border […]

Everyone is mad at the Attorney General
except the guy whose office was searched.
Congressman Jefferson is getting the closest
thing to sympathy he’s seen in months.
What evidence does Justice need besides a
video tape of the him accepting a bribe, and
finding the money in his freezer? Gonzales’
judgment matches heck-of-a-job Brownie.

Alberto Gonzales swore to uphold the constitution,
but no one asked if he had ever read it.
He ignores the first and fourth amendments,
due process, and the fact that treaties are law,
but the separation of powers, may be his undoing.
Congress went five years without asserting authority,
but the FBI raid on a House office went too far.
Legislators […]

“I can understand why people are concerned
about whether or not our strategy can succeed
because our progress is incremental,� Bush said,
choosing his words more carefully than usual.
Incremental can mean “infinitesimal movement,�
an apt description of the changes we see. Sadly,
he soon reverted: “we have now reached a turning
point in the struggle between freedom and terror.�

Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds
formed a government without
army or police.
The new cabinet
was supposed to produce peace,
but can’t without force.
Bush needs another
way out of his Iraq mess –
before Labor Day.

The president misread the illegal immigration
situation and caused an uproar worse than
his drug plan, or privatizing Social Security –
but not as bad as Afghanistan or Iraq.
The Republican party split so badly no one
seems to notice many Democrats side with him
and oppose a majority of the American public.
He created nothing but chaos in Congress.
House and Senate […]

I’m not sure a general can be independent
of the Pentagon, as Hayden claims,
but he also said he couldn’t tap phones
without warrants though he did.
At least one senator expressed doubts
about the nominee’s credibility, but he probably
will vote to confirm. After all, would anyone
ever believe the director of the CIA again?

Today, Bush extended the tax cut
on dividends and capital gains,
and bragged about the economy.
The Dow dropped 200 points, 2%.
Are investors afraid of inflation,
or what the president will do next?

Bush can’t do anything about illegal
immigration because he’s beholden
to business, and won’t enforce existing
laws against employers. If he did, the
other problems might solve themselves.
Illegals who couldn’t find work might
decide to go home on their own. If
there were no jobs, the border might
police itself. Employers who couldn’t
find help might raise wages, and prices.
This proposal is […]

Bush’s idea
of immigration reform:
“welcome amigo”

We ask the National Guard to do so much
it doesn’t seem fair to send them up in a
dangerous trial balloon to help Bush push
his amnesty program for illegal immigrants.
Unless we’re prepared to shoot people who
try to sneak into this country, soldiers are
not the best choice for guarding borders.
We need a larger appropriate police force.
That, a […]

Bush and his boosters had a conniption about
the leak of NSA’s attempt to keep a record of
everyone’s phone calls. One congressman calls
it “one of our most highly classified secrets,�
says its disclosure hurts national security.
Anyone who ever watched Law and Order
knows phone records are readily accessible
to the police. The FTC has been trying to […]

Democrats can’t agree on a strategy
because no good one exists. Bush
led us to the brink of bankruptcy,
launched a war we can’t end, made
restoring solvency all but impossible.
Nothing will help except tough love,
a promise not likely to win elections.
To defeat Republicans, liberals must
copy their blueprint – promise what
voters want, do what we think is right.

Congress hasn’t done anything
about gas prices, but this week
they’ll extend some tax cuts
that will save an average family
enough to buy a tank each year.
The rich can buy a hybrid car.