The Trouble With Harry

I'm sure most of you heard today that Harriet Miers withrew herself from consideration for Supreme Court Justice. I have to wonder if it was really her decision or if Bush called her into the Oval Office and told her to take a bullet for him. The timing is just too perfect for her to have withdrawn herself, what with the recent milestone of 2000 dead in Iraq (not counting those who have died in military hospitals elsewhere from wounds sustained in Iraq), and the beginning of the end of the investigation into the Valerie Plame outing promising indictments of very high White House officials - possibly including Darth Cheney himself.

Get ready for a whole new rash of diversive political moves by the White House B-Team attempting to keep all the bad news from the front page. I fully expect a new SCOTUS nominee within the week, and I would not be surprised if a terror alert was sounded somewhere because of some bogus "anniversary" related to the War on Terror. Better yet, maybe another Al Qaeda number two man will get "caught" or killed.

I have to say, however, that I will miss Harry. Lke a classic femme fatale from 1930s and 1940s film noir, she had a way of making men crazy and turn on each other. Now that there is no woman to fight over anymore, these guys will focus once again on the other thing they really care about - stealing from us.