Chucklehead

Man dragged to death behind pickup.
Driver thought he was chased by
ax-wielder. Pleads self-defense.

I don't know exactly what a chucklehead is, or even if there is such a thing, but if there is, George W. Bush has to be one. It would be hilarious if things weren't so serious. Imagine a guy you'd like to have a beer with becoming President of the U.S., ignoring for seven years the most important issue in the Middle East that's been festering for 60 years, and, indeed, making it worse by aiding one of the parties to attack Lebanon, suddenly announcing in the final year of his administration when he has no credibility, "it's time for peace in the Middle East." All previous efforts to solve this problem have failed after months of hard work. He sets up a one day meeting to bring a whole bunch of countries together, makes a speech, and then leaves. What a formula for success! It's as if he just gave an assignment to a bunch of fourth-graders and told them to work it out. When they inevitably fail he'll say he did his bit, he brought them together and they failed, it's not his fault (of course nothing is ever his fault as he is omnipotent if not omnipresent). Not only did he set up this absurd event, he refused to invite two of the major players, Hamas, the democratically elected government of Palestine and the Iranians. I hope he paid for everyone's travel and gave them a good meal. Another masterful stroke of foreign policy from the people that gave you the Iraq "war."
Maybe I'm thinking of knucklehead. Knucklehead, chucklehead, whatever. Bush got his photo-op holding hands with Abbas and Olmert. I guess that's something.

Karl Rove, now that he is no longer in the White House and presumably has more time on his hands, is busily trying to rewrite history. His latest claim is that it was Congress that was responsible for the "war" in Iraq, at least at the time it happened. These historical revisionists just don't understand that things aren't like they useda-was. We now have the internet and outrageous claims they make can be easily refuted. Rove has already been caught in outright lies about what went on in 2002. Will anyone pay any attention. I doubt it.

Bush is talking about solving the Israeli/Palestinian problem because he wants it to be a high spot of his legacy. He is apparently unaware that his legacy has already been established and is not likely to change no matter what he tries to do now. He will always be known as the worst President in U.S. History, bar none.

Mitt (what is he, a baseball glove) Romney blurted out still another incredibly stupid remark the other day, saying he would not have a Muslim in his cabinet because Muslims make up only a small minority in the U.S. This completely overlooks the fact that the Mormoms are also a small minority in the U.S. He then made it worse by suggesting that maybe Muslims could have lower positions in his administration. Giuliani and Huckabee have both said equally stupid things recently and of course McCain still breathes fire and brimstone when it comes to starting wars. I swear these four are the most hopeless candidates for President I can remember - and they are leading! I hope these jerks who are saying "I'll vote for anyone but her," will be pleased with their choice.

Apparently the Idaho Republicans mean by "lusterless" not campaigning in the way the Boise insiders want you to campaign. They keep insisting that Larry Grant ran a lusterless campaign. He certainly didn't run a lusterless campaign here in Bonners Ferry (where none of these other candidates deign to visit at all). I might also suggest that Walt Minnick's recent speech was about as lusterless as anything I've ever seen on the part of a candidate. Vote for Larry Grant, a fine candidate who is being unfairly maligned by the boys of Boise.

LKBIQ:
"Thirty -- the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning briefcase of enthusiasm, thinning hair."
F. Scott Fitzgerald