Democratic Talking Points

Albania Loves George--During Bush's visit to Albania last week, Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha hailed him as "the greatest and most distinguished guests we have ever had in all times." High praise from a country that was once ruled by King Zog. Albania named a street in Bush's honor and even printed a new line of postage stamps with his photo on it. Some Albanians seem confused about which side of the stamp to put their saliva on.

God speaks to Bush again--Despite his failing efforts to destroy the wall of separation between church and state in this country, George Bush has received an encouraging sign from above. The Jefferson Memorial is starting to sink in the mud. At the moment there is no danger, as long as it doesn't sink any lower than Bush's approval ratings.

Business Management 101--Seven health insurance companies have agreed with the government to stop enrolling the mentally incompetent in private Medicare plans and impersonating Medicare representatives. They have also agreed to stop lying about private Medicare plan provisions to elderly consumers. Abby Block from the government's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services had this to say about the agreements: The agreements "are just what we would consider to be good business management. This isn't really enforcement." Finally, a Republican who recognizes that committing fraud is not good business management.

Drama Queens?--Two former White House aides, Harriet Miers and Sarah Taylor, have been issued subpoenas over the role of the White House in the firings of Justice Department prosecutors. Referring to Democratic lawmakers, Tony Snow said "It's clear that they're trying to create some media drama." Right, Tony. Like we have to make any effort at all to create drama for the Bush administration.

Homeland Insecurity-- In 2006, investigators using fake ID's succeeded in crossing the U.S./Canada border 100% of the time. Experts report that half of all people crossing our borders by land along the U.S/Canada border are not even asked to present a credential at all. This does not seem to bother George Bush who is threatening to veto the new Homeland Security Bill which requests a 6% increase in the budget. The Iraqi government's Dept. of Homeland Security has been using the Bush model as a blueprint for its own policies.