Distractions are so very...Distracting

For the past few weeks I have had some...distractions...that have deflected my mind from writing. I hope to be able to put them behind me soon. In the meantime, I am suffering a sort of opinion constipation. So, here are a few quick takes.

• I want to sympathize with Scooter Libby. He went to work for a very evil man and got caught up in that man's conniving devices. I want to sympathize, but he chose to work for Cheney; he knew what he was getting himself into.
• There has been a snit about how Bush doesn't have a Plan B for Iraq. The Surge is like Plan Q. There have been so many different operational plans for Iraq - kill them, bribe them, torture them, let them loot everything then clamp down on their every move, lean towards this faction then that faction. It's a wonder we haven't run out of letters for all the Plans.
• Republicans claim it is unfair to talk about Rudy Giuliani^tm's family problems. Yet, these same Republicans will be gleefully effusive about Hillary Clinton's husband. "Family Values" are something that Republicans believe should apply only to Democrats.
  

There, that feels better.