Bush is a genius after all

On SNL this week, Horatio Sanz pointed out that Bush is a real genius--he distracts people from his awful policies by getting into an even bigger mess: Iraq war--> Hurricane Katrina, etc.

So here's the latest: He appoints a woman with no judicial experience as a replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor. Her main qualifications--loyalty to him, some acheivements in corporate law, and the promise that she won't demonstrate any leadership by "legislating from the bench."

I'm tempted to like her just because conservatives like Rush Limbaugh are annoyed about her (they were hoping for another bench-islator like Thomas or Scalia). But ultimately, I am confounded that Bush didn't learn anything from Katrina. Like, you know, how it was a BAD idea to put friend-of-a-friend Michael Brown in the driver's seat at FEMA. The Supreme Court is not a gold watch and pension plan for your favorite lawyer, Mr. President.

You're doing a heck of a job, Georgie.