Can Bush walk and Chew Gum?

Little George has spent the first seven years of his presidency spreading death and destruction throughout the middle east, alienating friends and encouraging foes...quite a feat. Now, after hosting a peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland he seems intent on doing what no other president has had much luck with....bringing peace to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Let's face it, he's not very good at this whole peace thing. When asked if this would be the focus of his last year in office, his current press secretary Dana Perino had this response:

MS. PERINO: There are many -- the President has a full plate, from making sure that America keeps safe from terrorists, ensuring that there are the institutional tools in place for the intelligence community and our law enforcement officials to keep us safe; we have 160,000 troops in Iraq; we have tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan -- I don't have the exact number off the top of my head.

We have a lot of issues that we're working towards. We are dealing with Iran, in terms of a multilateral effort, in order to solve that situation diplomatically. We're trying to solve the situation in North Korea diplomatically, and we're on that track to do that. We're trying to get Pakistan back on a path to democracy. There are a lot of issues that this White House can focus on, and we can walk and chew gum at the same time.

It's comforting to know that Little George can walk and chew gum at the same time....it's good to know that he has some skill to fall back on when he's no longer president.