One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.

I was able to contact my Farber graduate White House mole last night to gleen some of the reaction to the election from the principle players-

President Bush "Just like the last election I earned political capital last night. In this case it's what I call 'deficit political capital." I intend to spend it."

Donald Rumsfeld "Goodness gracious, gee golly wilikers."

Dick Cheney "Unfortunately tonight the American people decided to join our enemies and, through their reckless actions in the ballot box, provide the terrorists with a key to our house. A major city will now be hit."

Rush Limbaugh "Folks, if it weren't for Democrats we would have won this election."

Secretary Rice "I called the Iraqi ambassador to express to him that our policy towards his country would not change as a result of this vote and unfortunately he could not stop laughing."

Awfully decent of you to drop in today. Do you realize our army is facing disastrous defeat? What do you intend to do about it?

Via the Chicago Tribune I am reminded that the President's fine performance at the Correspondent's Dinner has been lost in all the chatter about Stephen Colbert:

• Liberals are attacking the New York Times and other outlets for ignoring or underplaying Colbert's monologue, and instead focusing on the president's gentler, self-deprecating interplay with a Bush impersonator. "It's insane journalism not to write about Colbert's appearance," playwright Christopher Durang wrote on Huffington Post. Seems to me a complete story would have given ample play to both. Colbert is clearly what everyone was talking about. Bush and his friend deserved coverage because, well, just about every public act the president commits is newsworthy, whether it's funny or not.

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/mmx-060503-colbert,0,2112129.story?coll=mmx-home_bottom_hedsh2o

By all means let's not forget that the President of the United States in the midst of his ruinous war in Iraq, record budget deficits and a complete breakdown of the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, took time out of his schedule to practice a comedy routine for a bunch of self-important hacks.

I was worried his priorities where out of whack or something.