A few cartoons...

Today's the day - Gonzo goes before Congress to lie testify about his role in the U.S. Attorney purge scandal. Politically, he's mortally wounded. It's just a matter of time before he hangs himself with his lies, obfuscations and inaccuracies. If Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are smart, they'll just keep feeding Gonzo rope, because before long, he'll use it.

Speaking of lies, I love it when a politician or PR flak gets on TV and talks about a "misstatement." That would be a LIE. I wonder how many times Gonzo will say "misstatement" during his testimony today?

Well said - we're all counting. - 641 days to go.

Tragically accurate.

Yep, Bush supports the troops alright. Our military is in such dire straights, we should have either ended this war or began a draft years ago. But the "D" word might as well be the "F" word in the discourse about this war. No politician (mostly Republicans) would dare go near it. The language of shared sacrifice might just as well be Arabic to our government - so few people can read it, much less interpret it.

How many times have we heard this in the last four years? But, it usually doesn't come from Bush - he sends his Dick to do the dirty work. Or Repubes in Congress.

It's Vietnam, the sequel. Just like many/most South Vietnamese weren't willing to fight the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese while they had the American military behind it, the Iraqi government is taking this same approach. Maybe, just maybe, unlike the decision makers in this administration, the Iraqis pick up a history book every now and then and read about our past mistakes and are learning from them. God only knows Bush and Cheney have learned no lessons from Vietnam. Maybe it's because they both successfully avoided serving the war.

How good does John Kerry look now?

Spot on. It's amazing to me that Dick Cheney still has an al-Qaeda fetish about Iraq. The terrorist group is only in Iraq now because we are there. It's nothing short of remarkable that a few select neo-cons, led by Cheney, still insist that WMDs were/are in Iraq, and that Hussein and al-Qaeda were connected to 9-11. Last week, Cheney was at it again, making thoroughly debunked claims about the bogus connection. After thinking about it, this occurred to me - this is the same tactic and logic the right uses with global warming - just keep repeating a lie over and over, and as long as you can successfully bring doubt into the discourse and cloud the issue, Mission Accomplished.

A shocking number of American people still believe, in the face of all the facts, that Iraq was connected to 9-11. In my humble opinion, the right is doing this to "soften the blow" about our disastrous foray into Iraq. The thinking is this: if we can make a few people cling to the notion that Iraq and 9-11 are connected, the War in Iraq doesn't look quite so bad. (As it really is.) Nice job, Dick.

Well said. We so desperately need tax reform.

Soo disturbing for so many reasons, but also very funny, too. I love the dog's bubble talk. I'm sure Rudy already rues the day he ever decided to get in a dress for a joke. I'd ask, "What was he thinking, but clearly, he wasn't."