War on Terror (or rather, Islamic fundamentalism), or War on Drugs. Andrew Stuttaford is right–we can’t have both, and the attempt to do so is one of the many reasons I wish that we’d had a better choice last month. Some things the administration does simply boggle the mind.

Andrew Napolitano has an article at Cato about how the US government is exempt from its own laws (it’s a PDF). He includes a story about Janet Reno of which few are aware (though anyone could have known about it at the time, had they wanted to do the research).

If I gave a damn what John McCain thinks. I’m as mystified at the press’ worship of Senator McCain as I am by worship of Bill Clinton. I really don’t get it.

Ramesh Ponnuru points out a puff piece in the WaPo about Tom Daschle, with the reporter crying in his beer about the loss to the nation of this noble statesman.

But he also points out this strange rewriting (or miswriting) of history:

…Daschle and Lott believed that conservative House Republicans had gone too far by impeaching the president for essentially lying about his affair in a civil proceeding, and they worked successfully behind the scenes to avert a conviction.

Ramesh notes that there was never a chance of a conviction, but I think that’s wrong. The real point is that the reporter fails to point out how Daschle conspired with Lott–they worked behind the scenes to make sure that there was no real trial. They allowed no witnesses, with only videotaped testimony of key players. If all of the evidence that the House members had seen (resulting in the impeachment vote) had been shown to the public, it’s actually quite unlikely that Clinton would have remained from office.

In addition, Clinton wasn’t just accused of “essentially lying about his affair in a civil proceeding.” There was witness tampering and witness intimidation as well. These are serious federal felonies–the stuff of mafiosi, regardless of the subject matter.

Ignorant Europeans are unhappy about the results of the election.

Especially inclined to have an unfavorable opinion of Bush in those countries were people between ages 18 and 24.

Well, there’s an informed and thoughtful demographic.

The polls suggest an increasing lack of understanding about Americans in Europe, rather than a surge of anti-Americanism, said Corman, who studies public opinion trends in Europe.

Yup. You don’t even have to look very hard to see it here in my comments section.

Apparently the therapy isn’t working too well for PEST sufferers in my new home town. But maybe we just have to give it enough time.

Remember this idiot, who was unable to recognize satire? Well, he’s resigned from the San Diego Union-Tribune as a columnist after they refused to run a column of his that they thought readers might find offensive (“bugmenot”,”bugmenot” will get you past the registration).

Good riddance.

The post title is an exact quote from Kathryn Jean Lopez, over at The Corner. I concur. That was also my response to learn that “Underperformin’ Norman” Mineta will remain Secretary of Transportation.

I wish we’d had better choices last month.

[Update at 2:30 PM EST]

Michelle Malkin isn’t happy either, and she has a lot of quotes to illustrate why.

You know, if we really think that the blogosphere has any power, this ought to be the next view through the crosshairs.

There’s a story over at The Hill that there were some Swift Boat ads that Fox refused to run during the campaign, because they were “too negative.” Amusingly, CNN had no problem with them. Of course, they’re probably much more desperate for ad revenue over there these days…

But the part of the story that broke my irony meter was the very last bit:

Kerry adviser Mike McCurry, however, characterized the Swift boat campaign as neither fun nor moving, calling it the

I shall savor the sight of federal Marshals dragging Mary Frances Berry, kicking and clawing at the carpet, off the premises of the Civil Rights Commission.

“…We expect this to get ugly real fast, but we don’t care. She has served her term. We will thank her, and she will be expected to leave. Now.”

And if she doesn’t?

“That is one reason why they have U.S. Marshals,” says the source. “And we have been told that if we need to use them, we can. We will not allow this woman to hold this Administration hostage.”

The Republicans will be able to sell videos of it for fundraisers for years.