White House Short-Timers Can’t Be Bothered For Jews 
The New York Post points to George W. Bush’s Hanukkah reception invite as evidence of a certain drift in the departing administration.
Jewish community leaders, likely of a minority persuasion, have received their invitation complete with obvious Christmas tree arrival scene.
Past Republican Presidential efforts to court the chosen people have ended badly, with the Nixon Library no longer even attempting i’s Christmas Around The World Special Jewish Edition this year.
Or does Michael Medved count?
Shape Up, Punks! 
Michael Reagan is taking a break from identyfying New Reagans in order to diss the post-catastropy Republican field.
” We are attaching ourselves to certain individuals, and as a result we have become a party of people and not a party of principles. We are Romney-ites, or Huckabee or Giuliani devotees, or McCain-ites, or supporters of Gov. Sarah Palin – when we need to be just plain Republicans…In the Balkans, warfare between factions was the status quo. As Republicans, if we continue to Balkanize and fail to unite, then fighting one another will be our party’s status quo.”
Stirring words from a man who upon his death compared Gerald Ford with Saddam Hussein.
Dare, Double Dare Ya! 
The Bush Administration looks headed for a clean getaway, with a final bit of brazenness to top off their many scams.
It now appears Bush will deny us even the pleasure of outrage against his much anticipated torture ‘n wiretapping pardons. Â He’ll leave town and essentially dare the Democrats to pursue him.
The Wall Street Journal says the Bushies are inclined to brazen it out, and besides
“Some former Bush administration officials have argued against a blanket pardon for post-9/11 activities, saying it would be tantamount to an admission that the Bush policies weren’t legal.“
We’ve already heard from the President Elect that he’s inclined to let sleeping rocks lie, and his illustrious Democratic predecessor has hosted one of the legal architects of torture at his library in Little Rock, so it looks like a safe bet.
Enjoy Getting Things Done!
That Kennedy Magic  
The Dallas Observer surveys the vast menagerie of reenactors and others who gathered at Dealey Plaza to mark the 45th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination,
