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Barometer: The Long Hot Summer of Discontent

July 22, 2007 by White House Chronicle


George W. Bush: Up Is Down

The National Intelligence Estimate says that the risk of al-Qaeda attacks is up, but Bush says it’s down. But then he still thinks that invading Iraq and sitting on his hands in the Middle East for six years was policy. You can go sunbathing in the dark too. Foul/Falling

Dick Cheney: Hours Of Power

Cheney cooked up the Iraq war, and it’s been a disaster. For two hours on Saturday, when Bush was under the knife, the veep could’ve concocted a war with Iran. No word on whether he ordered up some torture. Foul/Falling

John McCain: Last Campaign

Better loved our war hero cannot be, except by the Republican base. He’s for the war, OK. And he’s for legalizing immigrants and campaign finance reform, not OK. Better the dress-wearing, divorce-prone, gay-loving Rudy Giuliani. Foul/Falling

Hillary Clinton: Cold Case

The rap on George W. Bush is too much secrecy. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet! Nobody is more secretive than Hillary. She snows the press, but she can’t project warmth. Show her, Bill. Rain/Cloudy

Jim Gilmore: Silent Exit

He’s carried himself back to Old Virginny. Was he ever in the race? Why did one of Virgina’s many non-entity governors think he should be president? All he ever did was cut a car tax. Foul/Falling

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