It was a bad day to be king, both literally and figuratively. Israeli Prime MInister Ehud Olmert was called to resign over corruption charges and his partner in parliament, Ehud Barak is threatening to pull his band of merry men out of their coalition if he doesn't. Olmert is circling the drain because of campaign finance questions. Meanwhile, India may be saddling it's elephants because Nepal has declared itself a republic. Apparently, only four voted against the idea. The king has been given 15 days to pack up and leave the Narayanhiti palace, which is slated to become museum space. The new government will now be democratic, secular and have two years to create a constitution.
And, finally, it was left to Madam Perino and Mr. Rove to respond to former White House spokesman Scott McClellan's new 341-page doorstop of a memoir that essentially says what many either already knew or suspected of King George. Perino called it "sad." Rove went so far as to accuse McClellan of being a pod person saying "it sounds like somebody else. It sounds like a left wing blogger." Not that Rove would know from personal experience mind you. With the sun pulling away from America's imperial shore, and Team Bush's boat sinking slowly over the horizon, it wasn't exactly the best of days to be king.
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