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Friday, March 26, 2004

Leaving Office

Recent revelations by Richard Clarke, the former anti-terrorism official, that the Administration was fixated on Iraq while not paying enough attention to terrorism and by Richard Foster, the former government actuary, that the Administration tried to keep estimates of the cost of the Republican changes to Medicare from Congress are adding to increased skepticism of President Bush's credibility. It's not possible to realistically predict what will happen in November, but the chances that Kerry could actually win seem to be on the upswing.

Wonkette has the Friday funny:

Condi Rice is leaving her job at the end of the year. Talk about being out of the loop! We had no idea. But it does explain this posting we saw on Craigslist the other day:

Will Erect Unilateral Foreign Policy for Food
Do you need someone to lend someone to lend credibility to your plans to invade another country? Is there an administration turncoat you need attacked on nationwide television? Serious inquiries only (sorry, Mr. Scaife).