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Oh, and one more thing . . .

People are buzzing about the strange way in which Bush announced the resignation of George Tenet yesterday-- wrapping up a little Rose Garden thing with John Howard, leaving for Andrews Air Force Base, then coming back a few minutes later to say, oh yes, almost forgot, Tenet’s leaving, personal reasons, you know, great man, strong, resolute, will miss him, goodbye.

But isn’t it clear what Bush was doing?  This is the old Peter-Falk-as-Columbo routine, pretending to leave, then stopping, holding your hand to your forehead and saying, “there’s just one thing I don’t understand. . . .”

As for what this all means, I defer to the fine executive summary (so to speak) provided by Josh Marshall:

beside the possibility that the White House’s favored Iraqi exile was an Iranian agent, that the spy chief just got canned, that the OSD is wired to polygraphs, and that the president has had to retain outside counsel in the investigation into which members of his staff burned one of the country’s own spies, I’d say the place is being run like a pretty well-oiled machine.

But we always knew the Bush-Cheney team was well-oiled, now, didn’t we.

Posted by on 06/04 at 05:43 AM

  1. The Peter Falk metaphor was *perfect* - except Columbo was cool.

    Posted by Robert S.  on  06/06  at  11:05 AM

  2. True, Columbo was cool-- and he would have been just the guy to bring down people like Cheney and Bush, too.  Can’t you see it?  “There’s just one thing I don’t understand, sir-- this President’s Daily Briefing of August 6, it’s just bugging me. . . .”

    Posted by  on  06/06  at  11:15 AM

  3. But there’s still one thing this Columbo is still scratching his forehead about...the sudden switch from a search for Bush’s running mate to the sudden “aha experience” that he had been right there in their midst all along. 

    Posted by  on  06/06  at  03:45 PM

  4. We lost a PM called John Howard a couple of weeks ago.  We put up posters all around the South Pacific but we’ve had no word.

    Did your John Howard look short even though he isn’t particularly, balding, unruly eyebrows, head securely rammed up George Bush’s arse?

    We miss him.  We offer the reward of allowing ourselves to be totally screwed in a free-trade deal with the US, as long as we get him back before the election.

    Yours in hope

    Posted by  on  06/08  at  03:39 AM

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