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Thanks, DailyKos, for summing things up for us so nicely:
"Yesterday, the nation was abuzz over the flurry of surprise staff announcements... This is a huge shake-up! It will re-invigorate the White House!But this isn't change. This is musical chairs.
It's a choreographed dance where staffer X moves from point A to point B while staffer Y moves from point B to point A... As Josh Marshall opines, where are the new faces? There will never be new faces. Why?
Because Bush. Doesn't. Do. Change. The fact is that the White House 'shake-up' is aimed at providing the media and the public an illusion of change.
The morning after, Rove is still Bush's top advisor (only now with more free time to play dirty politics), Rumsfeld is still our incompetent Secretary of Defense, failed Michael Chertoff is still head of Homeland Security...
For Bush, the more things (appear) to change, the more they remain the same."
In other words, so long, McClellan! Welcome, identical newly-briefed-on-how-to-lie-to-the-media-and-just-about-everyone-else, truthful-answer-avoiding-robot! We're so glad you could join the fun.
Then, today, over at Think Progress, there was this delicious notion:
"Last night, MSNBC’s David Shuster took a look at recent court filings by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and suggests that Karl Rove is likely to be indicted.
Head over to Think Progress to read Shuster's key points (or follow a link to watch the MSNBC report). Fascinating!
I only wish I could be a reporter covering the trial(s), a first-hand witness to the punishment of misdeeds against myself and my fellow citizens. Maybe Rove, Libby, Abramoff, DeLay, Cunningham, Ryan, et al. can share a dank, cement-walled cell and commiserate for years on how they were singled out and attacked by the evil lefties solely because of their Christian beliefs? (Something DeLay actually had the nerve to suggest recently.)
I'll tell you something, I'm a Jew and an agnostic and yet I'm more of a Christian in my behavior and actions than any of these Bible-toting asses. "Tricky Dick" Nixon comes off like Saint Richard compared with Bush's gang of thugs.
And speaking of Nixon, my Daily Show: America calendar for today provides the best explanation yet for how he got his nickname: "Nixon was regarded as an agile and "tricky" political opponent. Also, he was a dick."
Happy Friday!
Posted by ayelet at April 21, 2006 12:02 PM