Storm in a teapot

More Republicans are beginning to dissent from the White House’s policy on Iraq. Vice President Cheney can’t decide whether he’s part of the Executive branch of government, the Legislative branch, a newly formed fourth branch or if, in fact, he is the government. Alberto Gonzalez is somehow still Attorney General, even though everyone save one particular resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue believes him to be a dissembling, ridiculous, chthonic and malingering canker on the Department of Justice.

So what will CBS’s Hannah Storm be talking to President Bush about tomorrow on “The Early Show?” Per CBS’s press release, “the importance of girls in sports, Title IX and the childhood obesity epidemic.” It also notes, “President Bush launched his White House Tee Ball Initiative in 2001 in recognition of the role baseball has played in American history, and its importance as a tool for fostering teamwork among America's youth.”

So it’s come to this: The President won’t speak to anyone unless he’s assured that the questions aren’t just slow-pitch softball lobs, but actually placed on a Tee Ball tee for him to belt out of the park. Meanwhile, Tony Snow and Dana Perino earn their combat pay every day they slink into the White House Press Office and get pelted with increasingly hostile questions.

And CBS News? Considers the President the nation’s primary expert on “the importance of girls in sports, Title IX and the childhood obesity epidemic.” I guess we should just be grateful she's not querying him on his thoughts on Paris Hilton.