Bush Square to Open in Baghdad... Sometime

Richard Perle had a shoe thrown at him during a debate with Howard Dean yesterday. The assailant was dragged out of the auditorium screaming "liar, liar." No word on whether he thought Perle's pants were on fire.

As for the debate, both sides made somewhat childish remarks that did little to move the conversation forward.

Dean used a tough line about defense being "a lot broader than swaggering around saying you're going to kick Saddam's butt," and Perle countered with an observation about the Democrats choosing "a physician to lead them."

As is usually the case, the best line came near the end of the story, mere inches away from the chopping block:

Perle added, "I will be surprised, yet again, if we do not see a square in Baghdad named after this president." He did not specify a time.

Perle, of course, was the one who promised the war in Iraq would be a cakewalk, in which the Iraqi people welcomed us with open arms and that the cost would be under $2 billion for the U.S. As such, he has learned to stop specifying timelines.