Friday Satire

Some of the best political satire from around the web (or at least, what I could find):

The Bolton nomination pushes forward as the most satirized story of the week, although it's close to being eclipsed by the Tom DeLay/ethics brouhaha. Scrappleface reported earlier that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was forced to keep the nomination stalled while they "investigate claims by Jose Canseco that the former Major League Baseball slugger had injected Mr. Bolton with steroids on several occasions." This would explain his "oft-reported bouts of rage," and would also "provide Congress with another welcome opportunity to engage in America's national legislative pastime, which is probing steroid abuse."

In other Bolton-related news, looks like he'll soon he getting a post-office box in Ohio, after he "stunned the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today by withdrawing from consideration for the UN post in order to challenge Ohio Republican George Voinovich for his Senate seat in 2006." Scrappleface quotes White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan: "While President Bush regrets losing a qualified UN Ambassador, he looks forward to campaigning for Mr. Bolton for Senate, and only wishes he could run in Rhode Island as well."

Scrappleface (are you sensing a pattern) also features this great note on the redefinition of 'majority.' I can't wait to see what they do with 'compromise'! Andy Borowitz chimes in here with news that "The separation of church and state, long considered a hallmark of American democracy, vanished early Sunday morning, replaced by a new institution called sturch."

Following Bush's hand-holding moment with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah this week, Andy Borowitz reports that the Houses of Bush and Saud will be united in something other than monetary matrimony, "in a stunning development that could alter both the politics of oil in the Middle East and the politics of gay marriage in the United States."

Tom DeLay has a guest op/ed column in The Onion. And the Bull Moose plugs the Abramoff Express Card on DeLay's behalf.

Yesterday's rediscovery of the Ivory-billed woodpecker has even prompted some satirical commentary. Now maybe if they just find one in ANWR!