that fourth branch of government certainly is powerful

So when it comes to the crunch, Gonzales comes down in favor of the Cheney camp over the Bush camp in regard to torture. The allegiances of this administration are bizarre.

As for Colin Powell's comparison of Condoleezza Rice to Nurse Ratched of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, i'm baffled. Doesn't he recall that the character came off as a myopic bully, an ineffectual authority figure? It might be accurate, but it's not flattering.

It's no wonder that they cannot assess foreign policy and ethics when they misread literature and film so easily.