Stirred, Not Shaken

The supposed "shake-up" of the Bush Administration couldn't be less encouraging (or much of a "shake-up") if the president were actually trying.

So the whole Andrew Card thing was rather meaningless and Tony Snow replacing Scott McClellan was a double bonus for Bush: Perform a mercy killing at press secretary by letting McClellan go, and then replace him with a pundit from Fox News. Bingo!

Now, perhaps you remember our friend Michael Hayden. An inspiring record of great service to our nation in the military——and, well, actually still serving in the military.

That wouldn't really be a problem——what with his involvement in the current NSA spying on Americans and that whole P.R. mess——if he weren't just nominated to head the goddamned Central Intelligence Agency.

Yes, a man who takes orders from the infallible Donald Rumsfeld and seems to advocate the executive branch being above the law is supposed to be the right person to lead a civilian agency that Dick Cheney has already done everything to totally undermine for political capital.

I'll take gin ... up ... olives. And please——really shake the shit out of it.