A Denver attorney with the Dept. of Justice pens a scathing op-ed calling Bush's Justice Dept. "a national disgrace." The attorney, John Koppel, has been with the department since 1981.

A report in the Washington Post reveals that A.G.A.G. knew about the FBI's violations of wiretapping laws when he went in front of Congress and said that the FBI had not illegally wiretapped anyone in 2005. The FBI itself later revealed that it had broken the law upwards of 1,000 times. It is now obvious to everyone except the most heinous of Bush sycophants that A.G.A.G. lied to Congress, which is itself illegal regardless of whether one is under oath. A Congressman has already called for a special prosecutor to look into A.G.A.G.'s lies.

A.G.A.G. — criminal, national disgrace

The DC Madam released her phone records, and within hours, it was discovered that Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter is a John. Vitter issued the following lame statement: "This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there-with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way."
The very next day, the New Orleans Times-Picayune revealed that the strongly conservative senator, a staunch supporter of the Federal Marriage Amendment, had also visited a brothel in New Orleans. Oh, very nice.

Sen. David Vitter — sex fiend

Bush's Surgeon-General from 2002-2006, Richard Carmona, maintained that the Bush administration silenced any scientific debate on stem-cell research or global climate change. No big surprise there — reports of partisan hacks editing government reports on these matters have been cropping up for quite some time now — but it's a hell of a thing for the former S-G to say this sort of thing.

Dr. Richard Carmona — Is it getting hot in here?

The polls on the Scooter Libby commutation are in. In the SurveyUSA poll, 60 percent of people disagree with the decision, with the rest split between a full pardon and agreeing with the commutation. Even in the category that agreed most with the president — self-identified "conservatives" — only 31 percent are for commutation, 31 percent for a pardon and a plurality of 35 percent disagree with the president.
In the Rasmussen poll, 21 percent agreed with the president, while 47 percent disagreed. The other 32 percent live on Mars.
And those two polls are more or less indicative of all of them. No one agrees with corrupt cronyism. Shocking.

Scooter Libby — perjuror, justice obstructor

In the ongoing battle between the Vice President and Congress over turning over records to congressional committees, a Senate panel voted to withhold all funding of the Office of the Vice President — because, hey, if his office isn't an agency of the executive branch, why should Congress fund it? Sure, it's a bit childish, but the Vice President's claim that his office is not part of the executive branch is so fucking stupid that any response to it seems reasoned by comparison.

Dickhead

Now, that's quite a list, right, ace? And remember, all of this happened in just the last couple days — Just the last couple days, for God's sake! And the Vitter thing may not get to Bush too much (if anything, it'll allow any cynical liberal political junkie to breathe a sigh of relief, as this could help the extremely vulnerable Democratic Louisiana senator, Mary Landrieu, in her 2008 re-election campaign.), but the rest of it has gotta hurt a little.

And yet, this morning on all the cable news channels, there he was at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new White House press room. He was as quick-witted as he's ever been (not saying much, I know), jokey ... he was the way he used to be. As laidback and yeehaw as at any point since the 2004 election.

The president and the press act like it's 2003 all over again

The only possible explanation is that he just doesn't give a fuck anymore. And that's how I know he's done.