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Mr. Slowpoke and I got a big laugh out of this Time Magazine cover when we saw it in a grocery store. We chuckled the entire way down the cereal aisle. Then, somewhere past the Honey Bunches of Oats, dismay set in.

The article itself is far from a glowing evaluation of the Bushies' current situation, but it's heavy on mindless, personality-oriented babble like the following paragraph:

ACTUALLY, WHATEVER CLOUDS REMAIN OVER the White House were not hard to explain, say those who have studied weather patterns between Bushland and Cheneyland. They have always been separate worlds, far more than the public image of a tight, disciplined team suggests. Bushland is by instinct more reformist, more political, more female and, in places, deeply devout. Cheneyland is more Establishment, more male, more button-down, more secretive. One man came to town worried about domestic affairs; the other was focused entirely on matters foreign, although 9/11 forced a convergence. One man wants to do the deal, find the compromise; the other avoids it like the plague.

Bush is more "reformist"? More "female" (whatever that means)? More wanting to "do the deal, find the compromise"? Says who? Certainly not anyone actually following the news. I'm also not convinced that the administration is in trouble, as they’ve been able to accomplish practically everything they've wanted. Perhaps with some actual reporting, they would be in more trouble.

On a lighter note, I’ve been meaning to post a link to Miss Beazley's page on the White House website ever since I discovered it, to my great amusement, a couple of months ago. Sadly, I'm sure there are people out there whose voting habits are influenced by this sort of thing.