Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Life Imitates Comedy

Oh my. This is truly a classic moment in the history of American government. A reader of Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo has quite the catch:
JP wrote in, so on the mark, saying this article in the Post reads like a joke piece...
"The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies, but it has had trouble finding anyone able and willing to take the job, according to people close to the situation."
"Authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies?" As Josh asks, "Don't we elect that person every four years?"

It has been said that life imitates art. Not with George W. Bush. It imitates The Onion:

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