A Secret Plan

If you're old enough to remember the Vietnam War, you'll probably remember that Richard Nixon was said to have a "secret plan" to end the conflict. I believe that Tricky Dick never actually said that he had such a plan, but that once the story started to make the rounds there was no way to stop it.

Now Conrad Burns, the soon-to-be retiring senator from Montana, asserts that Mr. Bush has such a plan for Iraq. Or maybe it's for Afghanistan. Or Iran. It's hard to tell--after all the plan is secret.

Pressed by Democratic Challenger Jon Tester, Senator Lamebrain said, "He [Tester] wants us to pull out. He wants everyone to know our plan. That’s not smart. He says our president don’t have a plan. I think he’s got one. He’s not going to tell everyone in the world.”

So there you have it. If not from the horse's mouth, then from some part of its anatomy.