turning the corner on taxes?

well, at least something's "turning the corner" in the Bush Administration.

US exports -- as Michael pointed out earlier -- have turned the corner, but it's the wrong corner.

As you may know, the heralded "turning the corner and not turning back" language has suddenly disappeared from the campaign lexicon. Apparently it didn't quite pass the bullshit test with the American people. Can you imagine the audacity of the American people to not blindly believe whatever crap comes out of his mouth?

Another flip-flop from the bushies -- shortly after the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office determined what we already know -- his tax cuts skew to the super-rich and increase the proportional tax burden on the middle class -- the campy campaign has backed away from the preznit's comment that he'd like to "explore seriously" a national sales tax, which also tends to hit poorer families disproportionately.

Funny -- it used to be that Bush only got into trouble when he strayed off the pre-drafted talking points, like he just did with the sales tax thing or when he invents a new word like "misunderestimate" or "formater." But now his prepared remarks are sloppy as well, like the "turning the corner" debacle and the "our enemies are looking for new ways to hurt Americans, and so are we" statement last week.

Say what you will about Karl Rove and his gang, but they showed they're real smart. What's happened? There's a noticable decline in the quality of the work product.