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Cursor: “’Impeach Impediment’ Air America’s Rachel Maddow wonders why the Democratic leadership thinks “it’s a bad idea to spend hours of prime time on the floor of Congress reminding the country that mister 11 percent approval rating is a bad guy of whom they disapprove and who they would like to see held accountable.” (Note to Rachel: A president can nominate a vice presidential choice, but the Senate still has to confirm that person. Don’t forget, Mike Mansfield told Nixon that Gerald Ford was the only Republican the Senate would confirm - he had no choices. I think Snowe would be a good choice.)

Bingo!  Read more 

How low can you go, Mr. President?  Read more 

Make the Pie Higher Blues

I can’t call it disappointment, or a crying shame
I can’t blame the government, that is not my aim
No, it’s just a plain fact, if you will allow
If I could play piano, I would surely play it now

I’d play a little blues tune, maybe a folksy tale
About young lovers, perhaps how love can fail
I would plink and tinker, and charm you the most
You’d fill up my tip jar, and we would drink a toast  Read more 

Here’s an excellent candidate for the Wrongest Lead of The Year. AP:

President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of federal prosecutors.

Sweetheart, get me rewrite, wouldja?  Read more 

Now that Scooter’s not just guilty but convicted—Bush has, of course, long ago reneged on his promise to fire anyone “involved” in outing Plame—can we impeach Dick Cheney? ’Cause the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate is swinging round to point right at Shooter’s pasty, bloating, undead flesh. Even AP gets it:

The case laid bare the inner workings of a presidency under siege and the secretive world of Vice President Dick Cheney.

It showed the lengths to which Cheney went in early summer 2003 to discredit administration critic Joseph Wilson. The former ambassador’s assertions had cast doubt on the administration’s justification for having taken the country to war in Iraq. And the Libby case showed the president assisting Cheney in the leaked attacks on Wilson.

The verdict “does great damage to the Bush administration,” said Paul C. Light, professor of public service at New York University. “It undermines the president’s pledge of ethical conduct [snicker]. But the most serious consequence is that it will raise questions about Cheney’s durability in office. It may be time for Cheney to submit his resignation.”

Hmmm… Wonder if the Cheney’s recent health scare is on the up-and-up, or whether he’s shortly going to need to spend more time with his lesbian daughter and his turkey-baster grandchild?  Read more