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Bush’s First Gesture of “Bipartisanship”

Yesterday, many media sources uncritically gave Bush credit for “reaching out” towards victorious Democrats with talk of “bipartisanship.”

Democratic strategist Cliff Schecter’s response? We’ll believe it when we see it. (via Atrios)

It turns out that we didn’t have to wait long to find out whether Bush’s gesture was sincere; today, Steve Clemons of The Washington Note reports that Bush is trying to push the Bolton nomination through a lame duck session in order to circumvent the upcoming Democratic congress (via Susie).

Thankfully, it appears that Lincoln Chafee for one, isn’t buying it: according to Clemons, he has declared that he will not support Bolton’s nomination.

Perhaps that’s because he, unlike Bush, understands what the word “bipartisan” means.

Oh, this is going to be a fun couple of years . . .

Update: Bitch Ph.D. on Bush’s first words of “bipartisanship”:

Holy crap, Bush really *did* say “In my first act of bipartisan outreach since the election, I shared with her [Pelosi] the names of some Republican interior decorators who can help her pick out the the new drapes for her new offices.”

While my jaw was lying on the floor, apparently an idea crawled in. Here it is:

Who can come up with a more tone-deaf statement about the importance of Pelosi’s becoming the highest-ranked woman in American history?

I gotta admit it: I’m stumped.