BUSH LIED!!

The Washington Post, in a breathless new revelation, has revealed that the turkey President Bush was photographed holding in Baghdad was - get this - merely decorative!

"But as a small sign of the many ways the White House maximized the impact of the 21/2-hour stop at the Baghdad airport, administration officials said yesterday that Bush picked up a decoration, not a serving plate.

Officials said they did not know the turkey would be there or that Bush would pick it up. A contractor had roasted and primped the turkey to adorn the buffet line, while the 600 soldiers were served from cafeteria-style steam trays, the officials said. They said the bird was not placed there in anticipation of Bush's stealthy visit, and military sources said a trophy turkey is a standard feature of holiday chow lines."

This is what passes for news in the Washington Post? I cannot for the life of me imagine a bigger non-issue. Did the Post make an issue of President Clinton arranging rocks he "found" in Normandy into a cross on a beach that has no rocks? Or of Clinton yucking it up and back-slapping on the way to Ron Brown's funeral, only to burst into tears at the sight of a camera? Or of Clinton carrying a Bible out of church on the way back for a tryst with his girlfriend? I would say any of those behaviors are more disingenuous than picking up a decorative turkey.