The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks! As we see it..."Boy in the Bubble" Edition

that colored fella: Let me make my prognostication very clear here – Obama is running for the Vice-Presidential nomination of his party in ’08.

AlterNet: The Chamber of Commerce, run by corrupt lobbyist Tom Donahue, has turned into a pay-to-play vehicle for right-wing causes and corporate dishonesty.

David E’s Fablog:  Sue the bastards!

Angry Bear:  How much does this murderous insanity cost?

GRAB BAG: At least 14,000 Muslims held illegally by US government and allies...This T-Shirt will get you banned from flying...Inside view of an Oval office photo op...Two-Minute Townhall... Trotted out, but still uncharged as a dirty bomber...How can anyone trust the judgement of these clowns?

By BILL MAHER

John Kerry has waded into an issue raised by Michael Moore in his film "Fahrenheit 9/11," namely, President Bush's sitting for seven minutes in a Florida classroom after being told "the country is under attack." Republicans are waxing indignant, of course. But the criticism is richly deserved.

The fact that Bush wasted 27 minutes that day - not only the seven minutes reading to kids but 20 more at a photo op afterward - was, in my view, the most outrageous thing a President has done since Franklin Roosevelt tried to pack the Supreme Court.

http://www.nydailynews.com/08-12-2004/news/politics/story/221433p-190107c.html

Taylor:

"But contrary to what many many television networks erroneously reported, the operation was by no means the largest use of airpower since the start of the war. ("Air Assault" is a military term that refers specifically to transporting troops into an area.) In fact, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were nabbed in an operation that some skeptical military analysts described as little more than a photo op. What’s more, there were no shots fired at all and the units had met no resistance, said the U.S. and Iraqi...read on

Matt Lauer asks some tough questions during Photo-Op

Dan Froomkin wrote today exactly what I was thinking.

Froomkin: It was such a lovely photo op -- President Bush and his wife joining the volunteers building a house in Louisiana. The perfect backdrop for an upbeat interview, live on NBC's Today Show.

But then Matt Lauer had to go and pull back the curtain and ask: Isn't this all just a empty photo op?...read on

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Think Progress has more on Bush's touting of Harriet Miers credentials and the Rove Leak.".. it's important to note that Bush said Fitzgerald was conducting his investigation in a "dignified way." That rhetoric contrasts with Rove allies who have said of Fitzgerald’s office: "These guys are bullies, and they threaten you.

David Letterman's Top Ten: "I had a Hammer"

Friday Funnies

David made a list up off of Bush's other photo op this week.

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Jack's "tell it like he sees it" syle is fun to watch.

Cafferty: Do you suppose, Wolf, that the arrival of the relief convoys and the political photo ops on the Gulf Coast happening at the same time were a coincidence today?

Atrios has more of the transcript.

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From AmericaBlog:

Wolf: Jack a final thought before I let you go.

Cafferty : It's embarrassing [followed by dead silence]

Laura Reznick weaved in and out of the crowd at a Democratic rally last summer so she could share a photo op with her political hero, Howard Dean.

Little did the South Jersey native know that the photo would reappear a year later - but this time with her cheering on conservative Republican Bret Schundler, who's running for governor in New Jersey...read on

Does this surprise anybody? Anyone?