Sunday Roundup

Any time President Bush holds a press conference, odds are high that a strong contender for the week's most ludicrous quote will crop up. This week's strangely light-hearted presidential presser was no exception. First there was his utter disbelief over questions about the accuracy of his administration's intelligence on Iran providing explosives to Iraq: "The idea that somehow we're manufacturing the idea that Iranians are providing IEDs is preposterous." Preposterous indeed -- where would anyone ever get an idea like that from? Then came Bush's claim that he can't judge whether Iraq is a civil war while "living in this beautiful White House." His lovely surroundings didn't keep him from judging that he needed to order up another 21,500 troops did they? It would be downright comical, if it wasn't so bloody tragic.