here's an "idol" i will vote for

countdown is doing a "d.c. idol" (about damn time) contest of 5 of the most hilariously awful politicians singing (in public) videos. go here to vote for your favourite of the five nominees:
Colin Powell "YMCA"
Rep. Dennis Kucinich "Sixteen Tons"
John Ashcroft "Let the Eagles Soar"
Karl Rove "MC Rove"
Bill Clinton "Imagine"

i guess tony mcsnowjob on the jazz flute doesn't count since there's no vocals...i wonder if the winner will get visited by paula abdul? maybe brain dunkleman would be more apropos

sheryl crow bitch slaps karl rove

so, sheryl crow's doing a global warming awareness tour, and she and laurie david (wife of larry david) stopped into the white house correspondents' dinner...where they got into a debate on global warming with the turd blossom himself, mc rove. david blogged about it saying:

In his attempt to dismiss us, Mr. Rove turned to head toward his table, but as soon as he did so, Sheryl reached out to touch his arm. Karl swung around and spat, "Don't touch me." How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be touched by Sheryl Crow? Unphased, Sheryl abruptly responded, "You can't speak to us like that, you work for us." Karl then quipped, "I don't work for you, I work for the American people." To which Sheryl promptly reminded him, "We are the American people."

mc rove just got served by the "all i wanna do is have some fun" woman. sweetness.

rove: 35 years ago

he even looked scheming and evil in 1972. and i'm not talking about dan rather.

rove and subpoena...go together like peanut butter and fluff

it has finally happened, turd blossom himself is set to be forced to testify, in public, under oath, before congress on his role in the firings of gonzo's us attorneys. so kudos to congress for, ya know, actually doing something, especailly after the crappy deal that fred fielding (the president's white house counsel) offered them. moreover, you know you're in trouble mr. president when you've called fred fielding in for help. (note: mr. fielding was a deputy white counsel under another president during a scandal. yep, you guessed it, nixon and watergate).

not like rove testifying will actually happen, but the idea of rove and miers before a limelight-hogging committee is kinda nice. anywho, the president will surely cite executive privilege (cause they were private conversations) as a way out of this one, and it will all get thrown into the dc circuit court where another recently installed us attorney will have to decide to convene a grand jury on contempt of congress charges for rove and company.

ya know, funny story: another president did this same thing to prevent his aides from testifying, and he used the same reason. maybe the president should ask mr. nixon how that one turned out before going down that particular calle de watergate.

anyway, you can read more about it in this wonderfully titled british piece on the approved subpoenas: Bush aides called to testify over prosecutor sackings.

any bets on how long 'til the brits are writing about gonzo getting sacked? i've got friday the 30th of this month in the sacking pool...this is the real march madness, baby.