Another rat deserts the sinking ship

All the rats scurrying off the poopdeck leave me with the image of a President, depressed, distraught, feeling isolated and wandering the rooms of the White House, talking to the portraits. Oh wait, that was Richard Nixon. Got my crooks mixed up there for a second. Heh heh...

Add up the Bush deserters with all the squawking about preemptive immunity for this or that, and I see a whole bunch of scumbags trying frantically to cover their asses ahead of the indictments they are absolutely terrified will come.

And, who knows... you might actually get an Alice who fell down the rabbit hole into hell and found themself associated with some very bad people and now that the time is ripe to get out of Dodge, that's exactly what they're doing.

Bush homeland security adviser resigns

WASHINGTON - Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is stepping down after 4 1/2 years.

Her departure continues an exodus of key Bush aides and confidants, with his two-term presidency in the final 14 months. Top aide Karl Rove, along with press secretary Tony Snow, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior presidential adviser Dan Bartlett, have already left.

Townsend decided it was time to take a break from government work — only a break, not an end, she insisted — and look for a job in the private sector.

She hopes to work in global risk management for a large bank or financial services company. Townsend also said she has now changed her mind and would consider running for public office someday. MORE...