Our Fearless Leader on Torture

Bush today: "Torture is not part of America. It's not part of our soul or being."

What is it then? A hobby? Something we do between new reality TV episodes? What Karl Rove does for fun when he runs out of butterflies to mutilate in the Rose Garden?

If you're going to use platitudes, George, at least make them better.

This is why I wouldn't make a good Republican (among, of course, a myriad of other reasons, like my failure to own a righteous red suit and dye my hair blonde to go with my perky pink lipstick): I don't have a large enough library of trite schtick.