President Bush named Paul Wolfowitz to head up the World Bank. You remember Wolfie? He's the one who said that the Iraq War will be paid for by Iraqi oil reserves and that it would be silly to think that we'd need more troops to win the peace than to win the war. Oh yes, and he hates Old Europe. Sounds like the perfect guy for the job. But that's only the beginning of the reign of the Terrible Troika. With Wolfie at the World Bank doling out money to poor people, Karen Hughes on a mission to improve our image in the Muslim world and John "The UN Totally Sucks" Bolton as our new ambassador to the United Nations, 2005 is set to be one of Old Europe's most miserable years--diplomatically speaking. Never let it be said that Karl Rove doesn't have a sense of humor.
President Bush winked at Maureen Dowd at the Gridiron Dinner in Washington on Saturday: "not a flirty wink but a mischievous Clark Gable 'I've got your number and you think you've got mine but I win' wink." That's a lot of information to glean from a wink.
