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BREAKING: President Bush announced in a press conference this morning that all the "bad intelligence and all the half-assed planning for Iraq were the responsibility of White House interns.

Bush added that Fed Chair Henry Paulson will schedule a noon presser to blame the sub-prime mortgage meltdown on interns as well. Bush said that a number of federal agencies are also hastily arranging press conferences to announce that interns are also responsible for any problems that may have happened in the last seven years of Bush Lite.

Diane Rehm just interviewed Paula Deen on the radio, promoting her latest cookbook Christmas with Paula Deen.  I am sure that by the time it was over, Paula was sorry that she had agreed to the interview.