With Karl Rove sinking ever-deeper into the cesspool called the Plame scandal, and the Administration’s would-be distraction, John Roberts, stumbling over the subject of abortion in an informal meeting with Sen Richard Durbin ((D-Ill.) last week, are any of us surprised that Dubya is planning to attend a high-visibility memorial service tomorrow?
And who is the memorial service for? One of the 1,786 US military forces who have died in Iraq?
Oh, no – Bush has never attended a funeral, wake or any other commemoration for those who gave their lives for the greater glory of Big Oil.
Rather, he is attending a service for the four Boy Scout leaders who were killed in a tragic accident at this year’s Jamboree.
To make political hay from the loss of four nice guys, volunteers who work with kids, husbands and fathers is a new low even for the lowest of the low.
I hope at least one of the grieving widows or children puts the man in his place, but given the circumstances of such a sudden loss, that would be too much to ask, even if the families were ardent non-Republicans.