Bush Woes Deepen; Said to Be Behind "Joey" Program

New court documents filed by Scooter Libby show that despite official denials, George Bush personally approved of the Matt LeBlanc sitcom, “Joey.” Support for the program has rapidly eroded after a first season that many Republicans are privately admitting “just wasn’t that funny.” Bush himself has refused to admit that he made any errors in judgment when he met LeBlanc on the set of the troubled sitcom and expressed, “LeBlancy, you’re doin’ a heckuva job.”

Press secretary Scott McClellan denied that any current White House staff members had “actively watched the program,” but quickly noted that the Constitution gives broad powers to a wartime Commander in Chief to deem any show he sees fit to be “hilarious.”

Democrats, many of whom initially supported the program, said that they had not been fully briefed, and were not privy to secret White House intelligence about future planned developments in the now largely discredited series. “Hey, did we know they were going to do a divisive show about Joey and Zack getting `married?’ In Mexico?” Nancy Pelosi demanded in a separate press conference hastily called by Democrats and held in a broom closet of a local YMCA. “The truth is this episode shows how much we need to reinforce our borders. If Joey and Zack can be allowed to just come back into the states unchecked, we are seriously putting our children at risk. The fact is that Republicans continue to embrace a culture of corruption, when they try to hide behind the excuse that these are fictional characters.”