INT: Girl Fren sits behind an announcer’s desk, finger pressing right ear, listens.  Announces excitedly.

“THIS JUST IN. With President Dubya’s approval rating sliding toward Zero, presently near the 29 spot today,  “the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll [...] shows a 15-year low on whether Americans think the country is on the right track, and an all-time low in President Bush’s approval rating.“ 

pan to Girl Fren; face shows surprise.   “So many scandals; so little time.”  That raises more questions than an Enron retirement program. (Is it just me, or did anyone else notice that when this news broke back in ‘01 and surely would have shown Americans what we were in for should Dubya be bold enough to run again, all of a sudden every major newspaper was blanketed with the awful scandal that Martha Stewart took some tee-time advice from her friend/broker. Off with her head! She must be imprisoned for this ghastly act.)

Today, only 3% of Republicans would call themselves “Bush Republicans,” a dark day indeed.

The good news: The Franklin Mint is coming out with a beautiful set of commemorative plates, per the ad on the Bill Maher Show, cementing in the public’s mind for all time highlights of President Bush’s eight years in office.  Whether for your own collection or as gifts, these lovely plates will provide a pictorial reminder of The Enron Coverup, The Patriot Act, Finding Ben Laudin, followed by Gitmo, Walter Reed, and Wiretapping Private Citizens, plus many, many more.

Ohmigod, BREAKING NEWS***THERE’S MORE: Scooter Libby, former Chief of Staff to VP Dick (now there’s a well-named man) Cheney–after being sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison in the CIA leak case–plans to go back to court today and ask the Judge  to put his sentence on hold while he appeals his perjury and obstruction conviction.  How’s this for irony:  Libby’s appeal to be allowed free on bond cites the precedent…..wait for it…MARTHA STEWART was allowed such freedom for the same purpose.  I feel faint.  I’ll be up in my rooms for a while.

Similarly Bitter Posts