Maybe this whole Iraq War thing isn't SO bad

From today's NY Times, Republican Senator Voinovich says that he told a White House official at the State of the Union address on Tuesday that the stalemate in Iraq was threatening to consume the Bush presidency.: "“It’s time to recognize that if you keep going the way you are, you are never going to achieve what you want to achieve,” Mr. Voinovich said. “And, beyond that, it’s going to fall over on your domestic initiatives and make your presidency uneventful and not have meaning.”

I'm not sure how being responsible for over 100,000 casualties can be defined as an uneventful and meaningless Presidency, but if it means he can't wreak further havoc in the world with his policies, both foreign and domestic, then at least there's an upside to the war.

And...does anyone ever wreak anything besides havoc?

I wonder what Baker thinks about the Fruitcake?

When reporters asked James Baker how he thought GWB might react to the Iraq Study Group's report, Baker said "I hope we don't treat this like fruit salad and say, 'I like this, but I don't like that.'"

No, actually, GWB treated it the same way I treat Fruit Salads: "Geez, you must've worked hard on that. Now pass the gravy!"

Betty or Gerald - Quien es mas macho??

Am I the only one who noticed that there seemed to be more written about Betty Ford in the obits after Gerald Ford died than about poor ole Gerry? And funny how all the Republican Presidents, even Nixon, keep looking better the longer we get into GW's second term? Well, not Reagan so much. He still looks bad.