WTF Is It Now?!?

"President Bush visited the nine rescued miners in Pennsylvania. He told them he knows what it's like to go to work and be totally in the dark." - Leno

"Bush is taking a month-long 'working vacation.' Doesn't that pretty much describe his whole presidency? He says time on his ranch clears his head. Hey, mission accomplished." - Letterman



"COUP D'ETAT"
Another chapter in Bombing For Poll Numbers:

"Is Saddam a bad guy? You bet he is. So are a lot of the world's leaders, including some we cozy up to, like his neighbors in Saudi Arabia, where most of the 9/11 hijackers hailed from. Is he developing those dreaded 'weapons of mass destruction'? Probably. But so are a lot of countries. So, in fact, are we - big time. When it comes to WMDs, you can be sure the United States is way ahead of the rest of the world combined.

"But we can't invade ourselves. So let's go invade Iraq. Maybe Americans will forget about the economy going south or an attorney general who's trying to whittle away our rights in front of our eyes.

"Wag the dog, anyone?" - Don Harrison in the Philadelphia Daily News.



BA DUM BUM...
One reporter asked Jim Jordan, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, if the current "war on terrorism" might affect this year's voting. Jordan quipped, ''You mean when General Rove calls in the airstrikes in October?'' - From the Boston Daily Globe.



WHAAAAA????
Bunnypants plans to use his 25-day vacation to make a series of political appearances for Republicans across the country and to stress - particularly in an Aug. 13 economic forum in Waco, Texas - that he is doing everything he can to create jobs. - From Reuters, via yahoo news