Yesterday, I saw Jeb (or Bush 44, as the ruling family would have it) giving his shirtsleeves hurricane show. Politicians live for such crises, of course, so they can pretend to be useful, but his enthusiastic endorsement of the greatness and preparedness of FEMA was funny. All his minions repeated the refrain. Needless to say, all the cable media were delighted with the hurricane story, though visibly downcast over the storm’s weakening. Anything to avoid talking about the war. On ABC, George Will was denouncing Bush for nominating Harriet Miers, and any Republican senator who voted for her. She will … Continue reading Hurricane, Harriet, Iraq