Cold Comfort

Feel your pain? Hell, he caused your pain.

"Every time the president's come to California he's gone to parts of the state that might not have voted for him, because he's come as president of all the people,'' said Gerry Parsky, Bush's top California adviser.

"I think it's a tribute to the fact that this president cares about all Californians and particularly cares about Californians who have lost their job or have not been able to obtain a job,'' Parsky said.

Yeah, because they're the ones who will vote him out of office.

P.S. Kudos to Bob Mulholland.