Never mind the whole U.S. attorneys' mess: President Bush is busy doing the work of the people. What's he up to? On Wednesday afternoon, the White House press office forwarded reporters this nugget from the president's schedule:
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
On Wednesday, March 21, 2007 the President signed into law:
H.R. 342, which designates the United States courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr. United States Courthouse.
We know what you're thinking: the Rush Limbaugh? Not exactly, but close. The courthouse, located in Limbaugh's hometown, is actually being named after his grandfather, who was a pretty famous guy in his own right. Rush H. Limbaugh was a prominent civic leader and a onetime ambassador to India under President Eisenhower. He practiced law in southeast Missouri for nearly 80 years--long before his grandson, whose official name is Rush H. Limbaugh III, became a rock-star-conservative radio host. The elder Limbaugh died in 1996 at the age of 104 and worked right up until the day he died--making him one of the oldest practicing attorneys in the United States. Members of Missouri's
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