Thank You For Being a Friend

Once again, the President proves that as long as you're his friend, everything you say is sweetness and light:

THE PRESIDENT: Well, Rafael Palmeiro is a friend. He's testified in public, and I believe him. He's the kind of person that's going to stand up in front of the klieg lights and say he didn't use steroids, and I believe him. Still do.

He believes the guy that says this:

"When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth," the Baltimore Orioles' first baseman said during a telephone conference call. "Today I am telling the truth again that I did not do this intentionally or knowingly."

As my good friend Doug said in an email, "And I never intentionally downloaded Internet porn." It just wound up on his hard drive.

It's a little unbelievable how critical thinking for this President goes out the window when you're his friend. Or a campaign contributor. I hope he's not friends with Tom Cruise, or we'll be passing the "Thaton-5 Tax Relief Act" before the end of the year.