Now we know the real reason for the change of plans

Texas trip canceled because it was too sunny from New York Times via Americablog

Decisiveness: that's what we need in a leader

Salon.com - War Room

Manchurian Mum by way of Maine

Barbara Bush's "let 'em eat cake" comments reminded me of Angela Landsbury in The Manchurian Candidate. Sweet kind lady on the outside...crafty and mean on the inside. As vile, cruel and heartless as she was I don't think commie agent Landsbury was ever stupid enough to reveal her true self in public.
CNN.com - Barbara Bush: Relocation 'working very well' for poor - Sep 6, 2005

The week that reporters found their backbones.

Unfortunately I think they lost it again.
Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Reporters gone wild

Another Talking Point

Chertoff told Meet the Press that all the Tuesday morning papers said that NOLA had dodged a bullet!!! Soon the whole right-wing noise machine started parroting this nonsense. I think Al Franken found one paper with that hed...in Grenada...Chertoff sure goes far and wide to get his news....

About.com: http://www.wonkette.com/politics/michael-chertoff/index.php#chertoffs-reading-habits-123841

Even Satan sees the light.

Novak critical of White House spin??? Say it isn't so.
Novak Far Off the Reservation Without a Map - Wonkette

New Talking Point: Blame the Messenger

White House spin machine:
1. We're not playing the blame-game
2.But if we were finger-pointing it would be toward local and state authorities
3.Or the victims
4.Oh yeah...we almost forgot to blame the media.

Chertoff Draws Fire on Briefing - New York Times

This sums it up pretty well

"Bush won because he had a double-digit lead on the question of who was going to keep us safer.
Well, Katrina shoots that idea straight to hell, doesn't it? And Democrats should make clear once and for all just how illusory the president's purported strength, leadership, and steely-eyed resolve really are."

Arianna Huffington: Will the Dems Ever Learn? "It's The National Security, Stupid" The Huffington Post:

I hope she had a big laugh at the "bring out your dead" scene?

Condoleezza Rice Kicks Up Her Heels at Spamalot, Photo Op: Broadway.com Buzz