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Music: Sigur Ros: Takk (2005)

A little more than a year ago Jenny sent me a sticker to affix to my vehicle, a fetching ITMFA logo. The logo is part of a larger, humor-driven campaign calling for an impeachment of Bushie the Second, which was (I think) initiated by Dan Savage of Savage Love fame. We have Savage to thank for one of the best contemporary neologisms of all time: "the santorum." My question today---which is always appropriate because Sundays are the days when I think about politics because of all the talk shows that are on in the morning---my question today is: do we have Savage to thank for a coming impeachment?

My bud Christopher and his girlfriend Tracy are visiting from College Station this weekend. When Christopher came down I was watching Ted Kennedy grouse about "the Surge" to what's-his-face (Russert?). Christopher said the resolution is more important than I realized. He said the talk in College Station is that the seemingly toothless Democratic resolution to oppose the surge is a set-up for a coming impeachment. "The talk" is that the Democrats want to draw on Bushie II's phallic resolve to make the case that he doesn't "listen," and then to use the prolonged failure in Iraq (including the coming atrocities) to garner "public" support for an impeachment bill. Once impeached, the president will be effectively saltpetered.

I am naturally skeptical about this talk, however, after Christopher said this everything that subsequently came out of Kennedy's mouth made much more sense. Oh, goodness: Are we headed for an impeachment? That will be so much more interesting this season than American Idol or Trading Spouses (although Marguerite is back!). I would really love me some impeachment drama for evening television. Fun! fun! fun!