It’s great that W doesn’t seem to have a spin operation going on. But the latest news that he’s relaxing salmonella standards for beef in schools should have set some alarm bells off. Whether it’s carbon dioxide or arsenic, each of these decisions makes some sort of sense, but taken together, the impact is unmistakable. Bush to Country: Go drink some arsenic, get salmonella poisoning, and bake till you burn. It’s the kind of stuff Bob Herbert stays up at night dreaming about. Hey, there, Karen Hughes! You got a job? Do it!
LISTEN TO GEORGE: “The bottom line is that this undercuts the Democrats’ argument that the Republicans stole the election by having the Supreme Court stop the count. Democrats will still be able to say somehow that they were robbed because of unfair ballots . . . but they can’t say that the Supreme Court took away their rights and would have cost them the election.” – George Stephanopoulos on ABC News. Good for George, who’s a decent person, finally shedding his Clintonian sludge. How long before Terry McAuliffe coughs this one up? Oh, never mind.
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