WTF Is It Now?!?

Gah. We're in for a heavy ice storm today thru tomorrow morning, so some quickies before we lose power:


In other words, quit bugging me
White House spokes-tool Ari 'the Liar' Fleischer said Trent Lott "has apologized for his statement, and the president understands that that is the final word from Senator Lott."

Duh
Fleischer also said the Churchillian Smirky McGolfcart thinks Americans should take pride in the "tremendous strides and changes and improvements" that have been made in race relations since 1948. "We were a nation that needed to change," he said.

Where Tom Daschle's balls went
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California said Lott "can apologize all he wants. It doesn't remove the sentiment that escaped his mouth that day." - link.

God loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole.
"Bush ran on this platform of moral purity. Then he turns around as President and chooses liars for high government positions, and no one says a peep." - Richard Cohen.

Bush accused of rape in TX county court
"The same PD that determined [Cliff] Baxter committed suicide by shooting himself in the back of the head with a rifle or shotgun." - Tempest, at DemoUnderground, on the Sugarland police.