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Monday, June 19, 2006 12:00 AM

There's a metaphor in here somewhere

George W. Bush on Andy Card.

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Monday, June 19, 2006 10:00 AM

Stuffed

That's priceless Tim. But what, no Medal of Freedom to go with it?

Monday, June 19, 2006 02:03 PM

Once a Frat Boy.....

The fact that Dubya finds this a major talking point for a speech shows that you can take the rich boy out of the frat house, but you can't take the frat house out of the rich boy.

Monday, June 19, 2006 02:06 PM

If only...

...if only the current graduating class did that with their commencement speaker while they had the chance.

Monday, June 19, 2006 04:44 PM

Up the Flagpole

Why didnt they leave him there, Bush would not have a chief of staff of his caliber, on second thought, may be it was good that they let him out of the bag, Ahoy ther!

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