Bush Knew Katrina Was Category 5

...well before it hit.

The blogsphere exploded with this last night. I like Greg Saunders' take on this. It includes the complete AP video that shows Bushie getting the lowdown on Brownie 24 h before it hit. And Bushie promising to do his bestest to help.

As usual, although much of the progressive blogsphere is up in arms about this, if you look at the mainstream media, it's mostly republican voices you hear damning the Liar-in-Chief.

The conventional take is Bush the incompetent.

Malign neglect is a possibility no one suggests. In the main$tream, that is.

The truth is, from Lou Dobbs on down, the PaleoCon wing of the Republican party is getting a little scared of the Wrethuglican wing. But they're equally scared of losing votes this fall. So now we're treated to the spectacle of Paleocons vs. NeoCons, and Reptilicans vs. Wrethuglicans.

It's hard, though, for the Reptilicans to steal elections. They don't have the feel for the Dark Side of the Force the Rovian Wrethuglicans do. And always, now, Negroponte's ball is in play in the dark.

When it really hits the fan this summer, it's going to get messy.