WTF Is It Now?!?

White House downplays Mideast meeting
Well, that was fast. The White House said Tuesday the international meeting on the Middle East announced by Squidgy the Chimp should not be viewed as "a big peace conference," but as a sort of last-minute luke-warmish "cover-your-ass" legacy-type thing.

[I]t remains unclear how deeply Mr Bush will commit to peacemaking. He has left the details of preparing for the conference to the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, who will also chair and take notes for him using assorted crayons.

"As long as they match my shoes!" she warned.

"It's not a very clear road map for what this conference is supposed to accomplish," said Ed Walker, a former US ambassador to Egypt and Israel. "There is a deep reluctance to get into the weeds. You have got to have follow-up of a very serious kind, where the presidency is engaged."

Ha ha, good one.