This week's lowlight

MANIFESTO

Every time one thinks that our feckless leader can't demonstrate any more incompetence or mendacity than he already has, something new comes up. Such has been the case with both the recent NIE debacle and CIA destruction of evidence.

In both instances, the explanation of Gorgeous George's apparent collusion is that he simply didn't know what was going on. The destroyed videos episode is probably as emblematic as any since he's already admitted that he didn't know of their destruction until this week! It goes without saying that, given the entire Abu Ghraib incident and Congress's recent rumblings about oversight when it comes to interrogation techniques, he might have wanted to pay a little attention to such matters, but such—as he tells it—wasn't the case.

Of course, various Congressional Dems don't look too good in this either, but people like Jay Rockefeller simply don't care about salient issues. In Rockefeller's case, he's much more concerned about looking after his billions; he's apparently willing to go along with any policy that comes from the White House. In this instance, he decided to ride the wrong horse.