Day: March 1, 2006

Yesterday I stated that, in order to counter his plummeting poll numbers, Bush would step up endeavors to catch bin Laden. Liberals commented that he’d have to be doing something in the first place, and Bushies just made snide comments.

So what does Bush do?

He immediately makes a “surprise visit” to Afghanistan. In a story on AOL headlined “Bush vows he will Capture bin Laden” it states:

“He also pledged that Osama bin Laden and other planners of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks would be caught despite a mostly futile five-year hunt.

“It’s not a matter of if they’re captured and brought to justice, it’s when they’re brought to justice,” Bush said, standing side by side in the Afghan capital with President Hamid Karzai.”

Asked about the search for bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States, and of the president’s call for getting him “dead or alive,” Bush said the search for bin Laden and his associates continues.

“I am confident he will be brought to justice,” Bush said. “We’ve got U.S. forces on the hunt for not only bin Laden but anybody who plots and plans with bin Laden. There are Afghan forces on the hunt. … We’ve got Pakistan forces on the hunt.”

Most importantly, kids, he’s got his administration on the hunt…for ways to bring his poll numbers up.

Yes…he’s become Just That Predictable.

PAD

It’s been reported in Variety that former cast members Rob Lowe, Emily Proctor, Mary Louise Parker and Anna DeVeare Smith will be showing up in the final episodes of “West Wing,” along with an assortment of other characters who haven’t been seen in a bit.

But who was conspicuous in their absence? I mean, yeah, okay, Aaron Sorkin, who I think should have written the last episode. Whether his absence is the producers’ choice, his choice, or a combination of both, I dunno, but I wish he was there. But you know who else should be there? The greatest living mystery in West Wing history?

Mandy.

Moira Kelly’s “Mandy” simply evaporated between seasons 1 and 2. No mention was even made of her. The running in-joke behind the scenes was that, if a character disappeared from sight (such as Sam or Ainsley) they’d moved to Mandyville.

I would just love to see Mandy show up in the last episode in which CJ is walking down a corridor and Mandy just falls into step next to her, talking to her about something. And CJ just acts as if she’s been there the whole time. Maybe at the end of the scene CJ says in an offhand manner, “Hey…haven’t seen a whole lot of you lately. Where you been?” and Mandy just says, “Meetings.” And they head off in opposite directions.

That would amuse me greatly.

PAD