Also, I recommend that all political junkies out there purchase the issue of The New Yorker that comes out today (it's dated 10/31).

Jeffrey Goldberg has written a critique in The New Yorker of the Bush White House that equals Ron Suskind's devastating critique of Bush before the last election titled "Without a Doubt."

In "Breaking Ranks: What Turned Brent Scowcroft Against the Bush Administration?", Jeffrey Goldberg coaxes Brent Scowcroft to delineate his differences with the foreign policy proclivities of George W. Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Cheney, and others.

And in the piece, George H.W. Bush is interviewed about Scowcroft -- and while Bush 41's comments are more elliptical, he stands clearly by Scowcroft's side in clear criticism of the decisions his son made.

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Jeffrey Goldberg's article is a devastating, serious critique of George W. Bush's foreign policy and national security team.

The article is not available online. However, parts of it are excerpted here: [link]

Also, the author discusses the piece here: [link]

Brent Scowcroft has served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Ford and George H. W. Bush.

Wow, I'm amazed that Papa Bush would publicly say anything even hinting at his belief his son is in the wrong. Privately, sure, the man's neither stupid nor unobservant, but I would have expected that family to present a united supportive front to the death.

It's a sad, sad day when I find myself missing Bush I, because at least the man had an understanding that foreign allies are a good thing.

It's a sad, sad day when I find myself missing Bush I,

Yes, indeedy. The man may have had no soul to speak of, but I never doubted that he had a working brain.

Everything went fine. I did not step on the bride's train or lose the ring, nor did I trip walking up and down the aisle.

Excellent.

You may have seen this before, but it sometimes makes me feel better.

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If you click on him, you can play with him too.

Between Jars's link and this:

The man may have had no soul to speak of, but I never doubted that he had a working brain.

I am now earwormed with the song "If I Only Had a Brain."

Here's some interesting reviews of wikipedia articles: [link]

I just got an alert from Yahoo that Bush is going to announce his replacement for Alan Greenspan at 1 pm Eastern.

I'm an accountant! Maybe it's me!!

AP: Several news reports say President Bush has picked Ben Bernanke, his top economic adviser, to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve.