Blarrgghhh!

Vice President from Outer Space

The Washington Post series on the deeply weird Dick Cheney.

'Nuff said.

Clever Hans

Former Department of Justice Undertoady Hans von Spakovsky did, after all, testify before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee last week. On Wednesday, not Thursday as I had thought.

And, like his illustrious predecessors testifying before Congress, he says he didn't do much of anything while there, although others dispute his recollection.

How many high-ranking DoJ officials does it take to screw in a light bulb? None. There is no light bulb, and if there had been a light bulb, it wasn't my job to screw it in.

Mitt stands alone, sort of

There's evidently no truth to the rumor that Mitt Romney has brothers named Sokk, Hatt and Scarff, or a cousin named Sledd. He does, however, have a son named Tagg. His other four sons were apparently named by residents of Earth.

Toady Miscroaks Himself

Justice Department toady Brad Schlozman (pictured at right) suddenly remembered on Tuesday that maybe he hadn't exactly been directed to file charges against organizers for ACORN just before last year's election, as he stated repeatedly during his testimony last week.

On Thursday, Schlozman's former undertoady in the Civil Rights Division, Hans von Spakovsky, is due to testify before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Be interesting to see if he remembers anything.

Schlozman Breaks Gonzales's Record for Memory Lapses

In his testimony before the senate Judiciary committee June 5, Justice Department toady (and toad look-alike) Bradley Schlozman just couldn't remember anything. Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (shown at left) opined that Schlozman was trying to break the Amnesiac General's record for saying "I don't recall". I count seventeen instances in this video compilation by Think Progress.

In the course of all this, Schlozman managed to affect such complete dimwittedness that he almost caused Leahy to explode.

More on Schlozman when I figure out how to draw the little weasel.

Bush Less Loved Than Ever

Talking Points Memo's TPM Cafe continues to chronicle W's fall toward negative poll numbers, citing the latest Rasmussen and American Research Group polls.

Update: Hotline/Diageo Poll appears to back this up.

Good Grief!

Is this guy still Attorney General?

World's oldest eight-year-old resigns from Justice Department

Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty has resigned, and Amnesiac General Alberto Gonzales wastes little time throwing him under the bus.

I'm sure McNulty is a fine human being and a top-notch lawyer, but he really does look like the world's oldest eight-year-old.

Little Bo-Perp

The New York Times has caught up with the story of Monica Goodling, the DOJ's Bad Shepherdess in charge of ideological purity:

“You have a Monica problem,” Ms. Ashton was told, according to several Justice Department officials. Referring to Monica M. Goodling, a 31-year-old, relatively inexperienced lawyer who had only recently arrived in the office, the boss added, “She believes you’re a Democrat and doesn’t feel you can be trusted.”

For further details, consult Talking Points Memo.

Karl must really like me; he gave me all these rings.

I've only caught a little of Amnesiac General Alberto Gonzales's Senate testimony today, but it's pretty clear that however deeply involved he appears to be in the US Attorney firings, he actually had no idea what was going on. Just took what his people worked out with Rove's people and implemented it.

He may still not have any idea what went on.