PUBLIC EXECUTION: We warned “Miller” never to show his link-whoring fraud face around here again, but he did anyway, and now he is banned permanently & forever. Boo Miller! Miller’s the worst!

* To sum up: guy accuses white house of bad intelligence practices, White House uses henchman for a white collar hatchet job on guy’s wife - thereby offending both legal and natural practice. You care because when Scooter Libby’s trial starts tomorrow the witness stand will be a virtual “Who’s Evil in Washington: 2003.” [WP, NYT]
* Dick Cheney gives the same answer to every question: “There’s nothing wrong with it or illegal.” [NYT]
* Troop surge was “the only option,” obv. [WP]
* And Democrats are against it, this they know for sure. [NYT]
* Government contractors in Iraq may soon add “take it to prison” to their already established “taking it to the bank.” [WP]
* Robert Gates enjoyed his evening with UK counterpart Des Browne, wants a second date. [NYT]
* Two more Hussein lieutenants hanged, coming soon to a theater near you. [LAT]
* Republican presidential contenders have a hard time finding where to sit on Iraq plan. [USAT]
* Martin Luther King so well loved that only 2 in 10 college students don’t have a clue who he was. [WP]

Those wacky pranksters at Whitehouse.org are holding a contest — draw the Saddam Hussein hanging and win your very own executioner’s… ski mask. We gotta say, in an execution that was already kinda classless, the ski masks were pretty much the tackiest bit. Hangmen are supposed to wear simple-but-sophisticated black hoods made of silk or leather — they’re not supposed to look like snowmobilers or Dick Cheney visiting Auschwitz. MORE »

We hear that it’s basically a done deal that Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) is announcing his retirement today. So we’d like to recommend a replacement. This gentleman here is currently running an unwinnable primary race against Count Rep. Chocola. We highly recommend pulling him out and sending him to defend Mr. Boehlert’s district. Why? Because he’s got an unbeatable platform: MORE »