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September 15, 2005

Walkin' to New Orleans

Rumor has it the President will tonight name a "hurricane czar" to oversee reconstruction efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

"Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for -- Kaaaaaarrrrrlll ROVE!"

Josh Marshall: "Maybe you want to spend $200 billion on rebuilding the Delta region too. Fine. Something like that will probably be necessary. But don't fool yourself into thinking that what's coming is just a matter of a different chef making the same meal. This will be Iraq all over again, with the same fetid mix of graft, zeal and hubris. Cronyism like you wouldn't believe. Money blown on ideological fantasies and half-baked test-cases."

Top 10 Reasons New Orleans NEEDS Karl Rove to Lead the Rebuilding:

10. The man knows all about things that leak, mud, where the bodies are buried...

9. It's hard to indict a man with a really fast fan-boat

8. Finally got Cheney out of hiding, so he knows how to handle vampires, the undead, etc.

7. "Scooter Libby, Hurricane Czar" ...just wouldn't sound right

6. The man's been in politics all his life -- he's obviously impervious to toxic waste

5. Those casinos won't rebuild themselves, y'know!

4. Locals aren't allowed to pay for drinks in the French Quarter, so Karl could pay their bar tab

3. Dubya's already done the Mission Accomplished thing -- let Karl have a turn in a haz-mat suit

2. Survivors need a strong compassionate leader, one with experience giving out no-bid contracts to needy corporations

1. He does a rockin' zydeco version of "Pop That Coochie"!

Posted by Jeff at September 15, 2005 11:34 AM