B is for bogus, Y is for yanker

Columns like this used to infuriate me, but now I just laugh and laugh and laugh.

This is Byron York doing his impersonation of a competent journalist.

How many times have you heard Democrats describe George W. Bush as “arrogant”?

Too many to count. And truth be told, a number of unhappy Republicans are using the A-word themselves when referring to the president these days.

But if you want to see arrogance — lots and lots of it — you need look no further than the Democratic Party’s plan to win the House and Senate this November.

Simply put, Democrats believe they can ask voters to give them control of the legislative branch without revealing any sort of policy or plan to deal with the most pressing issue before the country today: the war in Iraq.

And Bush is arrogant?

Byron, darling, lift that scraggly hair out of your ear canals so you can hear better: The legislative branch is not in control of military tactics and strategies, does not draw up battle plans, does not control troop deployments, and does not draw up the weekly MRE menus.

Go talk to Rumsfeld. You'll find him over at that funny-shaped building.