another one bites the dust …

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert officially resigned today. I wonder if he and Lott discussed their plans before deciding today would be the day!

Hastert had announced earlier that he did not intend to seek another term, and told colleagues days ago that he was planning on leaving the House.

There is certainly lots of speculation surrounding Lott’s quick announcement. You can read more about it here and here.

Hastert would like you to believe his decision is based on what is best for the voters in his district. If you believe that … .

The bottom line for me is that Hastert is a Republican, and I don’t trust anything they say.  As I mentioned in my previous post about Lott, I wonder what’s up!

busy day trying to save the world …

But a few things did catch my eye that I wanted to comment on. First, another Republican bites the dust. Sen. Trent Lott announced today that he is leaving the Senate at either the end of December, or in January. That’s right, BEFORE his term ends.

Wonder what THAT is all about? Is something big about to break and he wants to avoid the fall out? Or is he simply trying to cash in on his last chance to earn the big bucks before the White House changes hands? This could be fun to watch!

And just when Trent thought he was going to be the top story of the day, Dick knocks him off the top page with an irregular heartbeat. Who knew Cheney had a heart? That Dick will do anything for attention!

And speaking of being a Dick … Wasn’t it fun that the Prez had to be nice to Al Gore today!

Talk about an inconvenient truth. Al Gore finally won his place in the Oval Office on Monday — right next to George W. Bush. Forever linked by the closest and craziest presidential race in history, the two men were reunited by, of all things, White House tradition.

Gore was among the 2007 Nobel Prize winners who were invited in for a photo and some chatter with the president; Gore got the recognition for his work on global warming.

Oh, man I would have liked to be a fly on the wall when Duyba realized he would be hosting Gore! And for winning the Nobel Prize for global warming! Yikes!

The two men stood next to other, sharing uncomfortable grins for photographers and reporters, who were quickly ushered in and out.

“Familiar faces,” the former vice president said of the media. Bush, still smiling, added nothing.

Which, as coincidence would have it, has also been his contribution as president.