Proctocracy

Here's a textbook example of one asshole outranking another:

Vice President Dick Cheney will serve as acting president briefly Saturday while President Bush is anesthetized for a routine colonoscopy, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Friday.

Bush is scheduled to have the medical procedure, expected to take about 2 ½ hours, at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, Snow said.

Removing Bush's head, as well as those of Billy Kristol and Bobo Brooks, is expected to take forever.