The Escalator in Chief

Yes. Insane.

Almost as insane as his New Year's resolution: "To keep the troops safe." I almost fell off the treadmill when I saw that on the teevee last evening. That's like saying my New Year's resolution is to "be healthy," without, ya know, vowing to end my three pack a-day Chesterfield habit. To pursue the metaphor further, it would seem that Bush would in fact add a fourth pack to the daily "health" regimen.

Oh, and the claim by the "New! Improve!" def sec that he met with the troops in Iraq who told him that "more U.S. troops" is what we need? Well, the AP actually talked with real troops, with real names, who told a quite different story.