Pull Out All the Stops and Go to the Metaphorical Well One More Time

Wonkette spots an alarming escalation of journalists mixing their metaphors around America's Favorite Bush Leaguer and the Rove-Scooter-"Flame"-gate.

"The worst part about Bush having known two years ago of Boy Genius's role in this silly little kerfuffle? Mixed metaphors...," writes Michael Weiss for Wonkette, citing a NY Daily News story on the ongoing investigation into the leaked identity of an undercover CIA operative married to a Bush critic.

He points to following graf:
"As special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald nears a decision, perhaps as early as today, on whether to issue indictments in his two-year probe, Bush has already circled the wagons around Rove, whose departure would be a grievous blow to an already shell-shocked White House staff and a President in deep political trouble."

To which Weiss wrote, "Hey, Scoots! Starting up the meat wagon now's like the fat lady singing while we're still in the trenches and can't see the forest for the trees."

I just think someone went to the Dem-Gaz sports editor Wally Hall School of Writin', with instruction about penning columns on the "perspiring arts."

As for me, I'm keeping my eye on the prize while sticking to my guns.

"I'll Hammer Anyone Involved But Snowjob Ya'll Into Thinking He's Fired" [Wonkette]
Bush Whacked Rove on CIA Leak [NY Daily News]
Report: Miller Told Prosecutors She Cannot Recall Who Gave Her CIA Operative's Name [San Diego Union-Tribune]