Say Goodnight, Dick

OK, the news is clearly bad for the Bush Administration.

Cheney wanted to start tapping our phones immediately after 9/11. Domestic calls.

Cheney went after Wilson.

Rove is probably going to be indicted this week.

So, I was over on the AOL message boards. You know the person you are arguing with has lost the fight when they can only sink to personal attacks. They can't actually back anything up with facts.

But here's a few things I love.

Joe Wilson went after the President.

OK - that is quite an argument. That means that Mr. Wilson set up the story that Iraq was purchasing yellow cake from Niger. Set up the forgeries, set up curve ball, set up the whole thing. Then managed to get himself sent off to Niger to check it out because he wanted to bring down the Bush Administration. Does that sound logical? That Joe Wilson, our ambassador to Iraq during the first Gulf War, the last American to meet with Saddam before the bombs started to drop, the man who got over 100 Americans OUT of Iraq before the bombs started to drop, and, my personal favorite, the man who wore a noose around his neck because if Saddam was going to hang him he was bringing his own neck tie, wanted to destroy Bush. Mr. Wilson worked for George H.W. Bush and has great respect for him. Just not a logical argument.

Mr. Wilson went on a "Junket" to Niger.

Really, let's be honest - how many times have you heard of any lobbyist taking a congressman to Niger to bribe him? I don't believe that anyone would put Niger on the Junket circuit. And, Mr. Wilson was not paid for his time. Perhaps because he's a patriot who wanted to do something more for our country.

Just completely ridiculous.

You know, if Rove had just left well enough alone, not tried to discredit Mr. Wilson this story would have faded out in a week. Bush was still in the 60's in the polls, Tenet was taking the fall for the 16 words. It would have been done and over.

Instead, the gang who couldn't shoot straight had to attack.

Now, hopefully, they'll pay for it.