Morning Whip 5/2/05

The Whip is pretty lame again today. But, the garage is clean, and the dog poop has been picked up/hosed off of the back yard patio, so the morning isn’t a complete, um, wash. So, let’s give it a try.

Social Security ‘nerd’ earns Bush’s attention[*1] . See what happens when people actually talk to one another rather than just shout back and forth? I don’t know for sure if Robert Pozen’s Social Security reform idea is really the way to go, but it’s heartening to actually see constructive ideas rather than knee-jerk obstructionism come from the D side of the political spectrum.

The prosecutor is looking into Jennifer Wilbanks’ western vacation[*2] .

Laura Bush has once again proved that conservatives’ senses of humor[*3] are better developed.

In a related story, a parody/hoax news release this bogus press release[*4] purportedly from a Christian group complaining about the First Lady’s performance was swallowed hook line and sinker by several media outlets including MSNBC. The real Traditional Values Coalition[*5] just says this “comes with the territory.”

Cleaning up the Abu Gharib mess. Lyndie Englund pleads gulity[*6] becoming the latest to, um, go down.

In sports, Stop The Presses: The Royals have won two in a row![*7] What’ll be next, the Red Sox winning the World Series? Oh, that already happened? Well then, how about the Cubs[*8] ?