Thursday, May 19, 2005

"This president has presided over one of the most ethical administrations in history..."

That would be White House robot Trent Duffy describing George W. Bush.

But wait...it gets better. Duffy said this is in defense of the White House's editing of what was supposed to be a non-partisan analysis of social security. Derrick A. Max may be the director of two groups that are working to overhaul social security, but he is definitely lacking in computer skills. He emailed his testimony to the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, complete with the edits made by the White House. Max say that after fifteen years of Microsoft Windows use, he still doesn't know how to turn off "track changes."

Max claims that the edits were technical and grammatical, but some Democrats doubt the veracity of this assertion.