The Truffle

Looks like that effort to recreate the Bush 41 presidency didn't go so great. Daddy's friend James Baker went through all that trouble to join a bunch of scary Democrats (as well as some Repubs) in an Iraq Study Group to help Junior. And what does Junior do? He pooh-poohs Uncle James's study group and calls their report "a flaming turd." Note to George Senior: if you'd just let Junior make mistakes and deal with them instead of bailing him out or sending your friends in to help him, this country would not have so many problems. Junior has never had to live with the consequences of his actions, which most people need to do in order mature. If he acts like a spoiled, clueless fratboy, that's your fault. Dig? P.S. You should've let him be shipped off to 'Nam instead of getting him a National Guard spot. Maybe he would've developed a real understanding of the horrors of war. (Via Morning Martini. )

Today's crybaby is Poppy Bush , who blames the bloggers for today's hostile political climate. I mean, you go back in history and you’ll find that there was always adversarial politics. There was always gut fighting. And it’s probably a little worse now given the electronic media and the bloggers and all these kinds of things. Poppy reminds me of an overly indulgent parent who spoils his kid silly and then acts all surprised when the kid turns into an overindulged loser who keeps getting into trouble and whom nobody likes. Maybe because...well, that's the kind of parent that Poppy really is ?