The ever-diversionary W.

King George is running amok, trying again to get the nation's mind off of Iraq. (Right, George, good luck. It might work for a few days, but your monstrous debacle is now burnt into the national consciousness like a Texas cattle brand.)

Yesterday His Majesty The Decider gave a speech for 40 minutes and mentioned Osama Bin Laden 18 times. Today he forgot all about Bin Laden and talked about the secret overseas prisons that the CIA has been running. Its top terrorist prisoners are being moved to Guantanamo to be tried, due to the Supreme Court's decision against the Royal Court. But Bush is not stepping back. He is proposing a trial procedure that would allow hearsay evidence. Even some of the most influential Republican legislators, including John McCain, are against that. But the Rovian Prince Karl must believe that the imminent debate over these trial procedures can mark the Democrats once more as being soft on terrorism. Even if that plan does not work, the debate might provide days of distraction...from, of course, Iraq.