Major Bush Screw Up!

In complete violation of a long standing Bush Administration policy, President George W. Bush accidentally appointed someone qualified for a position. President Bush named top White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday in place of near-legendary Alan Greenspan as the official in closest control of interest rates.

Bernanke has actually been involved in economics! Pundits have expected a tent salesman or possibly a dog groomer to be appointed to the Fed. This would be consistent with the policy used for his UN Appointment (Bolten), FEMA (Brown), and Supreme Court (Harriet "Snappy Dresser" Miers).

When asked about this oversight, Bush cited a quote by his new appointee: "Economics is a very difficult subject," Bernanke once said. "I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running."

"Shucks!" said the President. "I thought he was an auto mechanic! Where's Karl? How did this happen?!?!?"

posted by Stash @ 11:56 AM