I used to read Omni a lot, mostly for the stories, which seemed racier than other scifi magazines.

Makes sense since it was a Bob Guccione publication (aka Mr. PENTHOUSE).

Makes sense since it was a Bob Guccione publication (aka Mr. PENTHOUSE).

Oh - that rings a bell too....

ION, some more highlights of Bush's speech in Ohio today:

"Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved — not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say, `I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'"

"The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience."

"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."

"There are some similarities, of course" between Iraq and Vietnam. "Death is terrible."

"I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times."

As he has before, Bush told the story about how his first presidential decision was to pick a rug for the Oval Office, a task he quickly cast to his wife. He told her to make sure the rug reflected optimism "because you can't make decisions unless you're optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow."

Later, when he talked about his hope for succeeding in Iraq, Bush said, "Remember the rug?"

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Has he always been this incoherent or is he getting worse?

Well, compared to ten or 15 years ago, he's worse, but I don't know if he's gotten noticeably worse in the last few years....

Remember the rug?

I don't remember the rug.

He sounds like the Buffybot. An insane Buffybot.

You forgot Poland.

He sounds like the Buffybot. An insane Buffybot.

Time to bomb. Evildoers of the world, beware.

Poland? I mean, I lose Canada from time to time, but...

I did not buy cheese doodles at Target. In fact, they now sound gross. Instead, I bought root beer, antacids and hairspray. That's gotta be the boringest target run ever.

Every time I read "Poland," the Bette Midler line about her husband always flashes in my head: "I married a German boy, a Kraut. Every night, I dress up like Poland, and he invades me."

So, what happens now that Gonzales has been exposed as a lying incompetent? I mean, do what happens if he's exposed as a lying incompetent but he still doesn't resign and Bush doesn't fire him? Do we just go on with our lives and agree to never talk about it again? (At least until Bush's executive privilege claims wind through the courts?)

The alternative would be impeachment. (Impeachment can apply to any Federal officer.) The Democrats have made no pledges about impeachment being "off the table" when it comes to the office of the Attorney General. Maybe they could look upon it as a warmup.