Oh My! - Divine Right of Bushes - By MAUREEN DOWD

[kpete]

Divine Right of Bushes
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: April 8, 2006

Since President Bush seems to see his mission in Iraq as part of God's plan, he must have assumed that getting Scooter Libby to leak parts of a classified document on Iraq to rebut Joe Wilson's charge about a juiced-up casus belli was part of God's plan.

When other officials leak top-secret stuff — even in cases where the whistle-blowers feel they are illuminating unlawful acts — they are portrayed by the White House as traitors who should be investigated and fired.

After The Times broke the story about the president allowing unauthorized snooping in America, W. was outraged. The F.B.I. and Justice Department were sicced on the leakers. "Revealing classified information," W. huffed, "is illegal, alerts our enemies and endangers our country."

Really, W. should fire himself. He swore to look high and low for the scurrilous leaker and, lo and behold, he has himself in custody. Since the Bush administration is basically a monarchy, he should pass the crown to Jenna. She couldn't do worse than this bunch of airheads and bullies.

more at:
http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/opinion/08dowd.html?th&emc=th
via:http://takeitpersonally.blogspot.com/2006/04/and-then-theres-maureen.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. Hilarious.. President Jenna

[tanyev]

2. "We have the inalienable right to.....PARTY!!!! WOO-HOO!!"

Toga-clad President Jenna interrupted her speech to leap fearlessly into the adoring crowd of young Republicans for an exhilarating 5 minutes of crowd surfing.

[valerief]

8. Reminds me of the movie Wild in the Streets

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063808/

Those over 30 were imprisoned and kept high on acid. Hey, it's gotta be better than this.

[reichstag911]

6. I'd prefer Private First Class Jenna...

or Barbara or Pierce (the idiot nephew, heh, heh) or...

[rodeodance]

3. This part is a HOOT (and right on)!

Really, W. should fire himself. He swore to look high and low for the scurrilous leaker and, lo and behold, he has himself in custody. Since the Bush administration is basically a monarchy, he should pass the crown to Jenna. She couldn't do worse than this bunch of airheads and bullies.

[madokie]

4. it sucks that I can't read the rest without signing on. The Tulsa World

for some reason, quit having her columns in the paper.

[diddlysquat]

5. Read it here:

http://voxefx.blogspot.com/2006/04/maureen-dowd-divine-right-of-bushes.html

[pinkpops]

7. ... have his Scottish terrier yip it out from the podium, rather than

having Scooter whisper it in Judy's ear?

Go Mo!

[DemoTex]

9. Immaculate Declassification

If the administration were seriously trying to declassify something in the national interest, wouldn't it have President Bush explain his decision or have his Scottish terrier yip it out from the podium, rather than having Scooter whisper it in Judy's ear?

Instead, sounding very Lewis Carroll, the White House claims that when the president leaks something secret, it's not secret anymore. It's the Immaculate Declassification: intelligence is declassified by passing it on to a friendly reporter.

When I read "Immaculate Declassification" in the NYTs print edition at Tommy's Country Ham House this morning, I spewed coffee all over Tommy's gratis paper. Sorry Tommy. MoDo hits the nail on the head, though.