Survival Of The Fittest

The inimitable Bull Moose catches a rather startling admission from Tommy Thompson, the latest casualty of the mysterious terminal disease that afflicts only Bush administration cabinet officials:

"I, for the life of me, cannot understand why the terrorists have not, you know, attacked our food supply, because it is so easy to do," Thompson said. "And we are importing a lot of food from the Middle East, and it would be easy to tamper with that."

Shhh. The reason is that they probably haven't thought of it yet. You want to give them ideas? Why does Tommy Thompson hate America?

But the Moose has more. The immunity of one particular cabinet official to this disease is baffling doctors and scientists the world over:

Despite the mass exodus, the incompetent one remains -Rummy. All that happened on his watch was an abysmal post-war plan and a prison scandal. This confirms that the only ones held accountable in this Administration are welfare mothers and struggling third grade students. For them, standards and accountability apply. For Rumsfeld, he is just passed along to the next grade (or term) regardless of his performance.