I don't fucking think so

Site is too busy right now, but Citizens for Ethics is reporting that the White House has "lost" FIVE MILLION emails over a two-year period. This, of course, in relation to the USA firing scandal that I mentioned two weeks ago would go away in two week's time if they would just cooperate with the investigation and let the news cycle run it's course.

This is like getting pulled over for speeding and then as soon as the officer comes up to your window you blurt out something stupid like "DON'TLOOKINTHETRUNK!" and then of course the trooper looks in your trunk and you have a corpse in there. Just play it cool and take the ticket, and then you can go home and hide that dead stripper in your basement where she belongs.

And, of course, those five million emails weren't just "lost". They're like nude pictures, in that once they're out on the Internet they're out there forever. In fact, some of the emails may actually include nude photos, or perhaps photos of dead strippers locked in a car trunk -- either one of which would really bring these analogies to life.

Who's Your Daddy?

I'm really disgusted (but not surprised) by the media's reaction to the way Congress is attempting to subpoena White House aides in the USA Firing scandal. The conflict between President Bush and Democrats leading the investigation has taken the tone of a stern father reprimanding misbehaving children, as though it's somehow out of line for Congress to want to hear some official testimony on this case.

Events like this have been a hallmark of the Bush presidency. Even when it's perfectly clear that the administration is wrong, and well past the point when any savvy politician would've given in and let the news cycle run it's course as quickly as possible. Instead, by puffing his chest out and taking a stand on exactly how Karl Rove and Harriet Miers ought to be interviewed by investigators, Bush is keeping the negative issue in the limelight for extra days and even weeks.

He must really be covering something good up here, because allowing testimony on the record here shouldn't hurt them any more than if they continue to act like they're actually succeeding in hiding any wrongdoing. In fact, the stalling is making it look worse than it probably is. If they were smart, Rove and Miers would've squealed already, everyone's suspicions would've been confirmed, Alberto Gonzalez would probably take the fall, and the American public goes back to their new episodes of Law and Order by the end of the week.

However, this "liberal" media has pretty much removed the necessity for any political savvy in instances like this up to this point. Why should they (or Bush, for that matter) change what they're doing now?