The Bush administration attempts once more to cloak Iraq in a cloud of grandiloquent smoke. They discuss “consequences of victory or defeat,� not the real course they’re staying ― stalemate. To break that we need to change the rules ― set a timetable for our troops to safely redeploy. If some insurgents decide to wait [...]

If there was ever any doubt about Donald Rumsfeld’s sanity it should be dispelled. He’s warning us about moral and intellectual confusion about the war in Iraq. He’s comparing a war of choice to a war for survival, a disparate bunch of insurgents to Hitler’s army. He’s as believable as a carnival barker hawking a [...]

Since he doesn’t have much to do Bush decided to combat kleptocracy. He’s probably trying to preempt a Democratic campaign theme, but his effort coincides with a visit by President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, a noted kleptocrat. Administration officials justify the apparent conflict by explaining the president often meets with heads of states “that are [...]

Bush returned to New Orleans for the anniversary of Katrina, bragged about the money congress appropriated, and assured folks checks were beginning to roll. He didn’t convince anyone that his empty promises are really half-full.

It’s easy to vote Democratic this year, there’s some on every side.

I only take four prescriptions, but I hit the donut hole this month. Now my drugs go back to even higher prices, plus a premium. Republican’s lack of math skills may undo them. I’m a healthy geezer. There should be millions learning Bush did us no favor.

Bush says if we think Iraq is bad now, imagine what it would be if we left. He says it would be worse using terms like “havoc� and “disastrous� ― what they have. Our concern should be, if he pulls the troops out of Iraq he’ll use them to attack Iran.

Fred Kaplan wrote in Slate: “What a moronic presidential press conference!� then proved it point by point in the smartest thousand words I’ve seen in months. Click here to read them.

Bush pledged not to leave Iraq until “the job is done.â€? Let’s hope that’s just another empty promise.

Lieberman acting independent makes him sound like a Democrat

It is hard to write politry with a heavy heart. We’ve lost the war in Iraq, but Bush won’t admit it. We’re now losing Afghanistan, but he’s still claiming victory, another error in the war on terror. Lieberman’s disloyalty cost him the Democratic primary, but he could win as an independent. It’s time to change [...]

Government spares no expense on safety, as long as it’s not taxes.

Chertoff the Terrible says he can’t persuade airlines to provide lists of overseas passengers before takeoff, because they fear delays and foreign privacy laws. On the other hand, he easily forced thousands to dump expensive perfume and makeup before they learned their flights had been cancelled because of delays. Once Congress is back in session, [...]

Since Bush can’t bring himself to fire Rumsfeld or Chertoff, incompetents that can’t rise even to his low standards, he should try job rotation. Let Michael do too much in Iraq, and Donald do too little in airports. We might all be better off.

In this crisis Bush escaped press coverage, so who won, him or us?

In the aftermath of the arrest of alleged terrorists planning to bomb airplanes over the Atlantic, no one asks who decided lip gloss. eye drops and soft drinks posed an immediate threat that must be discarded. Bush won’t inspect cargo in the bottom half of airplanes because it might cost business time or money, but [...]

Governments have known for years that harmless liquids could become explosives once on a plane. They waited until three months before a hotly contested election to do anything. Is it possible they’re more concerned with politics than protection? Of course not. If Karl Rove was behind this he would have waited until October.

Joe Lieberman doesn’t understand that polarization has become a way of life. He doesn’t think Congress needs more partisans, but it does. It needs Democrats who won’t give in to rigid Republicans. “Working with the other side� is not a good thing when they won’t compromise.

It is time for Democrats to stop trying to be both strong on defense and against the war in Iraq. Republicans will say opposition to war proves weakness on defense, but that doesn’t make it true. Democrats have to stop worrying about Republican lies. Teetering on the fence is inept flip-flopping. Joe Lieberman and Hillary [...]

The Bush league of advisors decided last year’s month-long vacation triggered his decline in popularity, so he gets just ten days to clear brush this August. That’s too bad. It’s one thing he’s good at.