[I'm listening to those wienie-scarfing fucktards at NPR carefully frame Robert "Bob" Gates as a member of the Bush 41 team--the rational Republicans, so much better than Bush, so much more the natural ruling party.... Without, can you believe it, mentioning Gates as an Iran-Contra operative. Just unbelievable.]

It could be that the Republican tendency to lower the bar and exceed even the most cynical expectations for massive suckitude has somehow been eliminated...

That the Republicans, chastened, have returned to reality-based thinking...

That the Republicans, somehow, can undrink the Kool-Aid.

No, I didn't think so. Bush's trainwreck of a presser showed this clearly; all he could do is repeat the same inside-the-bubbdle talking points.

Anyhow, Robert Gates is a more competent VRWC operative than Rummy. And for those who remember Iran-Contra--arguably, where today's Constitutional crisis has its roots--Robert "Bob" Gates is an old, old friend: Read more…