Garlictorial: The 4th Anniversary, Or "How I Invaded and Occupied Iraq and All I Got Were These Lousy Iranian Bombs"

Boy, has the Legacy Shopping taken a big hit these last few weeks.

Emboldened to eschew the Iraq Study Group, not to mention the November 06 election mandate from "we the people", our Court Appointed President and his gang, er, Administration had it all figured out.

Throw, or, in their words, "surge" more troops into the Civil War, club down the centuries-old hatred and violence in mere months, then order the bunting for the unveiling of George W. Bush Boulevard in downtown Baghdad.

Legacy all wrapped up. The remaining days in office can be spent going over the Bush Library donor list, to hit them again, notifying them that the price of the legacy has gone up.

Funny thing, in order to go Legacy Shopping you have to, kind of, done something.

Something good. Something selfless. Something that betters others. Something for the common good.

Instead, we've had a six-year (with the camera still running) John Carpenter film, the daily takes, be they from Iraq or Washington, getting grimmer and grimmer as this movie plays on.

Shock and Awe had quickly spiraled into "Aw, Shucks", as pillar after pillar of their false claims to go to war in Iraq crumbled, only later to see whatever integrity they had left crumble from the winds of Katrina.

Lies to protect the "Aw Shucks" turned into criminal charges, which turned into "Aw, Shit" after Dana Priest and The Washington Post visited the Walter Reed Medical Center Outpatient section, which turned into "Aw, Double Shit" as soon as Karl Rove, Harriet Meirs and Crony General Alberto Gonzales huddled around and chanted "Romper, bomper, stomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic mirror, tell me today. Which U.S. Attorneys get to stay?"

Oh, Lordy, Lord, but for the good, old days, when a lame duck president did little more that cutting ribbons at some memorial opening ceremony, have photo-op festivals with other world leaders who knew they were a lame duck and dread the opening of baseball season, when they knew they would be mercilessly booed throwing out the first pitch.

But these Bushies have drive. They are staying the course. It's Legacy, or Bust, nothing inbetween, nothing short of that.

It will be fascinating to watch, as they claw at the air, desperate to latch on to a thread of Legacy, something they can trumpet as victory.

And we've seen the signals of a new Legacy-maker being auditioned, White House Central Casting knocking on Iran's door with the five-minute warning, admonishing them to be sure to hit their marks and to stay to the written script.

They don't want to leave town with having set the Middle East ablaze and no parting gifts to tote away.

Hey, wait a minute, that's a Legacy, right?

Links

Iraq at Four Years: The Past is Indeed Prologue

The Ides of March 2003

Four Years Later... And Counting

McClatchy Newspapers: Iraq Cost in Blood and Dollars

Transcript: President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War in Iraq

Garlictorial - We’ll Need That Table


Excuse me, but is that a legacy in your pocket or you just glad to see me?

"Karl, We're Going to Have Harriet Coach You For The Grand Jury This Time, Okay? ... The Results - The Garlic Weekly Poll

Oh what a tangled web they weave, when they practice ... Well, just about anything they do ... Their entire Administration has had the look of Spiderman, testing out a new Web Shooter for the past six-years.

The 'they" of course is our Chief Decider, and the debacle that it's turning into over his “Politically Dead Man Walking" Crony General and the politicially-motivated firing of eight U.S. Attorneys.

They've already offered a Rubek's Cube of excuses, even falling back on "hazy memories" and "Does it matter who comes up with an idea?" The glowing fingerprints of Karl Roves are shining through this, like a cheap, Grade-B murder mystery, who knows what they will attempt to spin next

First Dog Barney might want to think about hiding out in the East Wing for the upcoming few weeks.

Assuming the inevitable happens, either this week or next, who does the Chief Decider decide on who replaces his former Crony General?

Who better, if only to piss off the Democrats and sail through the confirmation hearings, then the Independent Crony from Connecticut, Joe Lieberman?

Since one of the qualifications to be a U.S. Attorney in the Bush Administration Justice Department is loyality, Lieberman is a natural, having been a former state attorney general and he was most open about it - the loyalty-to-Bush thing - with "The Kiss" and his Plan C campaign last year.

The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll March 10 - March 17, 2007

If it turns out that Karl Rove was the mastermind of firing the U.S. Attorneys, President Bush will ...

1. If a Grand Jury is convened, urge Rove to break his record and testify six times Tally 48%

2. See if Scooter Libby will take the fall for this one too Tally 28%

3. Make Tony Snow hold Press Briefings, saying Rove wasn't involved at all Tally 24%

4. Line Rove up for a Medal of Freedom Award Tally 0%

This week’s Poll - For President Bush to remove, either by firing, or accepting the resignation of his Crony General Alberto Gonzales, the race is on as to who will the Chief Decider will pick to replace him, so the choice is ...

Scroll up to the top right corner to place your vote


Does Lieberman wake up from his kiss the new Attorney General?

Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves 18 March 2007

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz said that the 4th anniversary celebration of the war in Iraq "should pay for itself"


Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton indicated he may toss his hat into the ring, to become the next Attorney General once Crony General Gonzales is fired or leaves, saying, "They want to fire some attorneys? I'll fire them alright! I'll boot their asses out the door so hard they'll have my shoe imprint for months!"
















Rita Cosby, recently let go by MSNBC, called a news conference to announce that she'll be "super live and real direct" if she ever catches Dan Abrams in a dark alley


Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban announced he plans on sitting with his arms folded, "for as long as it takes" until Google gives up the names of persons using copyrighted material on Google Video and YouTube








Former Senator and actor Fred Thompson dismissed criticism of his possible run for president, saying "it takes a big pair of brass ones to be President and I got'em"










Thompson then immediately said that one of his rivals, Congressman Duncan Hunter "doesn't have'em!"

























Said by White House insiders that she is still bitter over her aborted Supreme Court nomination, Harriet Miers is fighting to hold back emails in the U.S. Attorney Firing investigation, as there may be a few where she is said to have explored the options on firing President Bush

The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Warning - Bypass this post if you don't want to be discouraged.

As we announced previously, The Garlic will be presenting The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day as an on-going feature.

We might be able to assume that the First Lady is helping the Chief Decider figure out just what to do about his Crony General, Alberto Gonzales, so we're not sure she got discouraged with the news broadcast last evening.

Then, she may double-dip in her disappointment, after Valerie Plame finishes testifying today to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

No doubt it's likely to bum out the President and Vice President, that is, if they're not to busy, scurrying through emails they may have sent to, or received regarding the firing of the eight U.S. Attorneys.


Todays Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day

Roadside Bomb Kills 4 U.S. Troops in Baghdad

Links

Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is ‘Stable,’ There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody’

Brookings Institute Iraq Index

CNN Larry King - Interview With Laura Bush/"The Lost Tomb of Jesus"

Laura Bush: My husband never misled about Iraq

New Feature - The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Friday, March 09, 2007 The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

March 13, 2007 The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Top Ten Cloves: How It Would Be Different If Alberto Gonzales Was The Head of March Madness

News Item: Mad About the Madness, and the Travesties, the Snubs and All the So-Called Experts

10. Issue memo okaying torture of mascots

9. At least one team would get bumped, in favor of another team that Karl Rove liked

8. If his favorite team loses, he would invoke the Patriot Act to reverse the score and give them the win

7. Cheney defends Gonzales, saying any criticism of him "will validate the strategy of al-Qaeda"

6. At halftime of championship game, Scooter Libby gets half-court shot - If he sinks it, he gets his pardon

5. Senator John McCain would be indicted for illegal gambling, for for his campaign website contest

4. Andrea Mitchell would back whatever Gonzales does, probably because she was drunk again

3. Laura Bush would back Gonzales and opine that "Many parts of tournament are stable ahh..now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one loss a day that discourages everybody."

2. Defend his actions of bumping teams from the tournamnet because "they play at the pleasure of the President"

1. It would come out Gonzales, and the White House, has a plan to replace all 64 teams with colleges that are more aligned with Bush Administration policies

Bonus Links

Special Report: Rough Justice - The Case Against Alberto Gonzales

Part I: Alberto Gonzales: A Willing Accessory at Justice

Part II: Alberto Gonzales, Presidential Enabler

Part III: Alberto Gonzales: The "Empty Suit" AG

If Alberto Gonzales was in charge of March Madness, At least one team would get bumped, in favor of another team that Karl Rove liked

Alberto Gonzales Sings 'Justice For Sale'

Well, if you’re on the Bush Team, the bright side of this is that it's gotten the Walter Reed Scandal off the front pages.

On the downside, for all of us, we peel off another layer of the corruption running rampant with Bush & Co., which, if you haven't been listening carefully, is not a scandal at all, but rather "at the pleasure of the President". If you're one of those eight U.S. Attorneys fired, it surely hasn't been a pleasure for them.

So, we now elevate Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to the status of some of his colleagues, and turn to Cole Porter to provide the AG with his own, new theme song


Alberto Gonzales Sings 'Justice For Sale'

When the only sound from those fired attorneys
is the heavy mumbles of the Democrat lackeys
that blathers on non-stop
I open shop

This AG so long has been gazing down
on the warward ways of this wayward town
her smile becomes a smirk, I go to work

Justice for sale
appetizing young Justice for sale
Justice thats fresh and still unspoiled
Justice thats only slightly soiled
Justice for sale

who will buy
who would like to sample my supply
who's prepared to pay the price
While I turn a blind eye
Justice for sale

let the press pipe of Justice
in their childish ways
I know every type of Justice
better far than they
if you want the thrill of Justice
I've been through the mill of Justice
old Justice
new Justice
every Justice but true Justice

Justice for sale
appetizing young Justice for sale
if you want to buy my wares
follow me to the White House stairs
Justice for sale


Links

Listen To A Clip of Elaine Delmar Singing "Love For Sale"

Cole Porter

Love for Sale (Cole Porter song)

Overblown Personnel Matters

Royal Flush: The purge of U.S. attorneys (partially) explained.


Other Bush Administration Garlic Songs

New Bush Theme Song - Baghdad, With The Surge On Tap

Blair and Cheney Sing A Duet: 'Blair, It's Not So Bad Out There'

Libby Trial Update - The Scooter and Cheney Show Theme Song

Our Girl Condi Gets A Theme Song - Neocons and Lovers

Whatever you say Boss!

Cosby Out At MSNBC But Still In Running For World Wonder Title

Smith Funeral Coverage Pushes Former Raspy-Voiced Anchor Ahead of Great Wall of China, But Trailing Pyramids of Giza

It's often said by optimists, that when one door closes, another door opens.

For MSNBC anchor Rita Cosby, she's now wishing that the open door is the portal to a new world title.

MSNBC announced that Cosby is being let go, canceling their plans for a 24-Hour Anna Nicole Smith channel that she was pegged to anchor.

At the same time, in a confluence of fate, Cosby is headed towards being a finalist in the contest voting on a new set of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Abrams: "Can't Count On White Woman Going Missing, or Dying Suddenly" To Justify Cosby Contract

With her contract expiring on April 1, 2007, Cosby was informed that it was not going to be renewed.

This was the second blow to Cosby, who last year, had her "Rita Cosby Live and Direct," replaced by the networks justice filler, 'Doc Blocks". Cosby languished, sparking briefly when former JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr surfaced surfaced and, more recently, with her coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith case.

MSNBC President Dan Abrams confirmed Cosby's departure, with her last day being March 31st.

"It's just the pressure of the business," lamented Abrams. "Rita has a certain set of skills. We can't count on a white woman going missing, or one that dies suddenly, occuring enough to make the kind of investment like the 24-Hour Smith channel

In yet another measure of irony, when Cosby first joined MSNBC, coming from the Fox News Network, then President Rick Kaplin bumped the poster of Abrams in the main lobby, to accommodate Cosby's.

Abrams denied he was letting Cosby go, just to reclaim his poster's main lobby location.

Raspy, Husky Voice Cited In World Wonder Voting

Cosby was initially stunned to find that she was in the running for a World Wonder title.

Contest founder Bernard Weber was also, but as the votes poured in, the decision was made to let it go, to see how far she could rise.

"I was surprise, yes," said Weber, in a telephone interview with The Garlic. "I had no idea who she was. But there were many, many votes pouring in, and people marveling that her voice had to be a world wonder."

For much of Cosby's career, on-camera, she was noted, and criticized, for having a raspy, husky voice.

"There was a surge of voting, during that Anna Nicole Smith thing going on," added Weber. "It pushed her past the Great Wall of China, but still trailing the Pyramids in Giza.

Cosby, since taking a forced vacation that was a prelude to her dismal, has lost the raspiness and is speaking in a normal tone of voice.

"Gosh," said Cosby, "I like the voice I have now, but, if it means going the distance to get one of those World Wonder titles, I'll start chain-smoking and eating glass, if I have to."

Both Cosby and Weber dismissed Cosby's contest voting popularity due to a "suitcase full of rocks" that former MSNBC colleague Keith Olbermann offered as a measure on how dumb Cosby may be.

"No," said Weber, "We already have the Acropolis, Stonehenge and other locations in the contest, we don't need any more rocks."

Links

Welcome to the election of the New 7 Wonders of the World

Rita Cosby, American Hero










Headier days for Rita Cosby, chasing down murder suspects.

Cosby has been bounced from MSNBC and now awaits voting to become a finalist in the New 7 Wonders of the World contest

The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Warning - Bypass this post if you don't want to be discouraged.

As we announced previously, The Garlic will be presenting The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day on as an on-going feature.

No doubt, the First Lady must be particularly discouraged today, as the insurgents are adopting new terror tactics.

Maybe she should get together with Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and advise him that it is the senseless killing that is what is truly immoral.

But then again, she may be a bit distracted, as the White House scrambles to come up with a cover story (or build a fire wall) on just what was their involvement in the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys.


Todays Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day

Insurgents Burn Homes in Shiite Area


Links

Laura Bush: Much Of Iraq Is ‘Stable,’ There’s Just ‘One Bombing A Day That Discourages Everybody’

Brookings Institute Iraq Index

CNN Larry King - Interview With Laura Bush/"The Lost Tomb of Jesus"

Laura Bush: My husband never misled about Iraq

New Feature - The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Friday, March 09, 2007 The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

High Tea for High Crimes?

Top Ten Cloves: Things The French Are Worried About With New 'Desert Louvre" in Dubai

News Item: Plans for 'Desert Louvre' Provoke Outrage in France

10. Well, I suppose it is a step up from Camel Racing

9. With Halliburton moving to Dubai, they have to be in cahoots, with Bush ... This is payback for us not supporting his Iraq invasion

8. What next, oil derricks that are replicas of the Eiffel Tower?

7. Maybe we can get them to hire the Corsicans to build the Desert Louvre - it will take them 10-years just to get to Dubai

6. Look at the bullshit the American went through last year, and that was just over dirty, smelly ports

5. Watch, within three-years, you'll see a remake of Lawrence of Arabia, staring Gérard Depardieu

4. First our art, then they'll take our food next - get ready for some Desert Coq au Caravan

3. Too bad Chirac is stepping down ... We could have gotten that Ann Coulter to call him a peu de fagot for doing this deal

2. I wonder if they'll be serving "Freedom Fries" at the Desert Louvre?

1. Well, at least they're not trying to take Jerry Lewis away from us

Hit The Road Dick, And Don't You Come Back, No More, No More, No More, No More ... The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll

You have to believe, that even Ray Charles could see what a disaster Bush and Cheney have created.

And the rest of us already know that they haven't really had a "Plan A".

With the Scooter Libby Pardon on the backburner, Darth Vaderess, aka Ann Coulter, perhaps, Jumping The Shark, and the firing of the U.S. Attorneys not likely to grab and hold the headlines, The Garlic Poll voters believe it's going to take Libby's Leak Buddy, Vice President Dick Cheney, to head back over to Afghanistan to get the attention away from the Plan B-less President.

And don't even bother to ask about "Plan C" - It could be a surge of paintballers.

The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll March 5 - March 10, 2007

Since the President, and his Military Commander, have come out and admitted they don't have a "Plan B" for Iraq, we're likely to see ...

1. Sending Cheney back over to Afghanistan, and hope for another suicide bombing attempt so that will grab all the headlines Tally 32%

2. Bush not waiting for the next election and handing off the Iraq problem to the frontrunners in the campaign Tally 30%

3. Getting Ann Coulter to issue a sexual slur against the insurgents, to draw them out and call that Plan B Tally 29%

4. Smearing the Tony Blair, claiming Plan B was in place, but pulling out the British troops screws it all up Tally 9%


This week’s Poll - If it turns out that Karl Rove was the mastermind of firing the U.S. Attorneys, President Bush will ...

Scroll up to the top right corner to place your vote

The Leak Buddies

Bush To Shift Gears, Use Radio Address To Urge Private Daylight Savings Accounts

No Details Offered; Snow Says "Not A Little Comma In Your Portfolio", While Rove Driving To Build Domestic Legacy

Desperate to get the Iraq Surge and Occupation, Scooter Libby and Vice President Dick Cheney off the front pages, President Bush will use his Radio Address this week to push a new domestic agenda, urging Americans to open and invest in Private Daylight Savings Accounts.

The White House is seizing on the changes this year, to revive the plan the President first attempted in 2005, with Daylight Savings Time coming three-weeks early, due to the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

Many are expecting widespread problems and high tech glitches with the early changeover.

In 2005, when pushing his revamping of Social Security, the White House offered a bonus Daylight Savings Time package to anyone who would open a private Social Security account.

"Well, it's like this," explained White House Spokesperson Tony Snow, "It went over about as well as a lead balloon."

This year, it was determined to drop any and all ties to Social Security and just go with the private Daylight Savings Accounts.

"Yeah," added Snow, "The President believes that once the American people look at this package, they'll want to buy into it it. They'll see it won't be just a little comma in their portfolios, that there is some substance it it."

Snow would not divulge any of the details of the Daylight Savings Account.

He was joined in making the announcement by two, low level, administrative assistants from the Treasury Department. No cabinet members or other senior officials were present during the the briefing, no displays of the Daylight Savings Time packages were offered, no photographs could be taken and the briefing, Snow stated, was "off the record".

When reached while traveling, down South, Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor Karl Rove, Rove claimed authorship of the plan, saying it was "all part of building the legacy."

"We've already laid down the military and foreign policy legacy," explained Rove, "So, now it's time to dig in on the domestic side."

"Years from now, " Rove continued, "people will be kicking themselves, that they didn't buy into the Daylight Savings Account program. "But it has a logic of force and nature and reality that will cause people to examine it, adjust it, test it, resist it -- but ultimately embrace it ... It's about investing in the vision, investing in America ... Investing in the Bush Domestic Doctrine."

Last year, after it was leaked that the White House was slow in pushing their clocks forward, the President lashed out at the media, exhorting them to cover "the more positive stories" of Daylight Savings Time.

Snow said that there will be no repeat of what happened last year.

"We got it covered, said Snow. "All the clocks will be changed and pushed forward on time. I don't want to be banging my head on the podium on Monday, having to answer those kind of questions."


Links

Spring Forward, Fall to Pieces? Will early daylight–saving time destroy your computer?

The History of Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time Facts (U.S.)

Bush Domestic Doctrine?

Top Ten Cloves: Ways Scooter Libby May Get A Pardon

News Item: The Problem With Pardoning Libby

10. White House talking with Donald Trump, about launching Apprentice Convicts, where all participants are felons and winning team gets pardons

9. A Shoot-Out, for all the marbles, with soccer star David Beckham

8. Set Condi Rice up with a husband, Bush will give him two pardons!

7. Suddenly remember "I was at a Dodger game", comb through 'Curb Your Enthusiam' footage to prove it, and the pardon writes itself

6. Rounding up any photos of Newt Gingrich, while he was having his affair during the Clinton investigation, and Scooter can write his own pardon

5. So many people calling for the pardon - including his jurors - President Bush migh want to see what the ol' Magic 8-Ball has to say

4. Libby urged to go on American Idol; Instead of winning recording contract, he gets the pardon

3. Hmmm, this new FBI Records scandal scandal might be just the ticket to discover something new that we can use to justify pardon

2. Get back to writing, come up with a storyline that will bring Captain America back to life so he can join Batman in fighting the terrorists and the entire nation will offer a pardon

1. At White House Easter Egg Hunt this year, there could be one, very special egg with Libby's name on it

Bonus Link

Guess Libby's Pardon Date, Win a T-Shirt

The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Warning - Bypass this post if you don't want to be discouraged.

As we announced previously, The Garlic will be presenting The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day on as an on-going feature.

Last night, our television-watching First Lady would have had her spirits lifted, as the news from Iraq was on the optimistic side

Todays Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day

GIs, Iraqis Capture Suspected Insurgents

Ms. Laura must have been particularly pleased when she heard this;

"Despite the general's cautious tone, Baghdad was relatively quiet Thursday. Police reported finding 10 bodies with signs of torture _ presumably victims of Sunni-Shiite reprisal killings. That figure was well down from the 40 to 50 bodies found each day before the operation began."

Links

Watch the video of the First Lady on Crooks and Liars

Brookings Institute Iraq Index

CNN Larry King - Interview With Laura Bush/"The Lost Tomb of Jesus"

The Reaction's Michael J.W. Stickings: Laura Bush should keep her mouth shut

Monday 5 March 2007 Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day - Suicide Bomb Explodes in Baghdad Market

Tuesday 6 March 2007 Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day - Bomb Shatters Baghdad's Storied Literary Street; Dozens Are Killed; Area Once Known For Liberal Ideas
















You need strength to keep from being discouraged by that "one bombing a day" on television

Breaking News - White House Bombshell: "VP Could Be In His Last Throes"

Libby Verdict Has Bush, White House Urging Cheney Into Rehab

Sources Claim "Can't Be Trusted He Won't Break"; Iraq Comments "Last Straw" and "Were Not An Enormous Success"

Sources have told The Garlic that a fierce battle is being waged inside the White House, as President Bush, and other staffers, are strongly urging Vice President Dick Cheney enter into rehab.

The overriding fear is that recently convicted former Assistant to the President, and Vice President Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, in an effort to stay out of prison, by make a deal with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and implicate the Vice President in the Valerie Plame CIA Leak Case.

If that were to occur, and with Fitzgerald already "owning" Assistant to the President, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor Karl Rove, the White House wants to have Cheney "completely off-limits" to investigators.

He can't be trusted that he won't break. They'll have him disappear." said one official who works in the West Wing. "I mean, he'll be gone, untouchable."

Cheney's Staff Fighting Back

In the Office of the Vice President, a chaotic and frenzied effort is underway by staffers, to block the President from forcing Cheney into rehab.

David Addington, Cheney's new Chief of Staff, is said to be "sweating blood", digging furiously through legal volumes, looking for the slightest edge that can be employed, or a precedent that can be slipped into the next Bush Signing Statement.

Communication between the West Wing and the Vice President's office is so strained, that necessary information, and daily business, is being conducted by messenger.

Cheney could not be reached for comment, rumored to be holed-up in his Secret Bunker.

Cheney spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said the Vice President would not be issuing any comments on the rehab story and that, "frankly, he doesn't give a hoot what people think."

Cheney Was On Thin Ice

With Cheney's influence in the White House being questioned, and calls coming of the impeachment of the Vice President, Cheney, according to the insiders, was already on the President's radar, and "very thin ice".

Since his combative interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, in which Cheney sang of the "enormous successes" in Iraq and arrogantly dismissed criticism of himself as "hogwash", the White House has attempted to harness the Vice President, but without much success.

Cheney has also been a the center of amping up the war cry against Iran, having already angered the President earlier by by splitting off from the White House and establishing his own Iran Study Group.

"Christ," sighed another source inside the White House, "you want reasons? We've got over six-years' worth ... Take your pick ... Last throes ... Endorsing waterboarding... Busting the Senate Intelligence Committee's balls... His secret energy meetings... The Nazi Appeaser thing... This guys a one-man PR nightmare ... Every time the President wants to do something on the QT, there goes Cheney shooting - no pun intended - his mouth off ..."

All In The Family

The White House is also displeased that it has become a "family affair"; with the Cheney's, in putting the spotlight on the President and his policies.

Last Fall, Lynne Cheney, the Vice President's wife, had her own head butting contest with CNN's Blitzer that generated an unwanted glare.

That was followed by a pair of Op-Ed's by Cheney's daughter, Elizabeth, urging continued support for the Iraq Occupation and lashing out at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, for her "single, unmarried" status.

Faith and Fallback In Play

The President is said to have faith, that the Vice President will "do the right thing", and gracefully step into rehab.

If not, the sources say, the President already has a "fallback" position in ordering Cheney into rehab.

Shortly after the Libby guilty verdict was announced, Cheney, reportedly, stormed around his office in a raging tirade, and is said to be heard by a handful of staffers, of calling Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald a "little faggot".

"And there's already an established procedure and precedent for that." added the staffer. "Even Ann Coulter worried about going into rehab is she used that word."

With his influence down, and his former Chief of Staff now a convicted felon, the White House is urging Vice President Dick Cheney to enter into rehab, but no one is expecting Cheney Cheney to go without a fight

The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Warning - Bypass this post if you don't want to be discouraged.

As we announced yesterday, The Garlic will be presenting The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Todays Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day

Bomb Shatters Baghdad's Storied Literary Street; Dozens Are Killed; Area Once Known For Liberal Ideas

Links

Watch the video of the First Lady on Crooks and Liars

Brookings Institute Iraq Index

CNN Larry King - Interview With Laura Bush/"The Lost Tomb of Jesus"

The Reaction's Michael J.W. Stickings: Laura Bush should keep her mouth shut

Monday 5 March 2007 Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day - Suicide Bomb Explodes in Baghdad Market

















We have to speculate that the First Lady and Vice President likely agreed that "what we see on television is the one Scooter Libby conviction a day that discourages everybody."

Top Ten Cloves: Things Ann Coulter Would Spend "Coulter Cash" On

News Item: Edwards Campaign Responds to Coulter Calling Him 'Faggot'

10. All the crème brulee in the whole wide world

9. Take the 9/11 widows to lunch

8. Buy Catholic League President Bill Donohue a date

7. Some new, advanced software, to make it easier to plagiarize

6. An armful of Sean Hannity T-Shirts

5. Lots and lots of Lynne Cheney's books

4. A slew of her own books, to rig her Amazon rating

3. Cover Rush Limbaugh's drug bill

2. Fund Rick Santorum's next WMD hunt

1. Britt Hume, a personality











Coulter may need some of the "Coulter Cash", if more companies pull their ads from her website

New Feature - The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the Day

Warning - Bypass this post if you don't want to be discouraged.

Forgot about the hundreds, to thousands of U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi citizens being killed and injured on a daily basis. Ignore the Bush Administration's treatment of the soldiers when they return home for care.

The First Lady of the United States, in an interview with Larry King, has decried that, it is not the failure of the President and his administration that is a bummer when it comes to Iraq, rather it is the fault of the media for bringing an isolated moment of misery to us.

"And many parts of Iraq are stable ahh..now. But, of course, what we see on television is the one bombing a day that discourages everybody."

As Think Progress reported, "According to the latest Brookings Institution Iraq Index, as of November 2006, there were approximately 185 insurgent and militia attacks every day."

So, beginning today, and on-going, based on the available news, The Garlic will issue the official downer from the East Wing - The Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day.

Links

Todays Laura Bush Bummer Bombing-of-the-Day - Suicide Bomb Explodes in Baghdad Market

Watch the video of the First Lady on Crooks and Liars

Brookings Institute Iraq Index

CNN Larry King - Interview With Laura Bush/"The Lost Tomb of Jesus"

The Reaction's Michael J.W. Stickings: Laura Bush should keep her mouth shut

Don't Worry Tim, The Vice President Still Loves Ya! ... The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll

If he wasn't so dangerous, and evil, Vice President Richard B. Cheney would be a hoot, likely to be the rage on the talkshow circuit (well, at least others besides those on the Fox News Network).

Yet, assuming he stays out of Pakistan and Afghanistan, as it is, he is but a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.

Likewise, as fate would have it, the converse prevails and a similar heartbeat in his own chest has the potential to lift Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a recent target of Cheney, to the Office of the Vice President.

Pelosi, and her colleague, John Murtha could also send a jolt to Cheney, and start impeachment proceedings against him, as laid out in the recent article, THE PEOPLE V. RICHARD CHENEY.

During the recent Scooter Libby Trial, it was revealed that Tim Russert was a favorite outpost for the Vice President to spin the spin and our Garlic Poll Voters jumped on that, overwhelmingly choosing it as the biggest surprise that Cheney didn't go on Meet The Press to smear Pelosi and Murtha

The Results - The Garlic's Weekly Poll February 25 - March 3, 2007

Vice President Dick Cheney's recent attacks against Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha, that their strategies will "validate Al-Qaeda", were remarkable in that ...

1. Cheney didn't go on his favorite and friendliest show, Meet The Press, to level the charges (which, we know, Tim Russert wouldn't push back against) Tally 56%

2. Cheney didn't leak any classified (that we know of) intelligence to do it Tally 19%

3. His Chief of Staff David Addington didn't call any reporters (that we know of) to leak the identity of a covert CIA agent Tally 15%

4. Cheney didn't ask (that we know of) any former Ambassadors to go to Pakistan or Afghanistan to verify that Pelosi and Murtha are aiding Al Qaeda Tally 11%


This week’s Poll - Since the President, and his Miltary Command, have come out and admitted they don't have a "Plan B" for Iraq, we're likely to see ...

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