The evil genius of it!

Wow, I'm really off my game.

If you start with the assumption that there is no road too low for the Bush administration to travel, then even their most diabolical actions and hate-mongering rhetoric can never really be considered "surprising." If they do something that surprises you, it can only be because (a) they violated your assumption and took the high road, or (b) -- I'll wait a sec and let you compose yourself after reading "a" -- they exceeded the reach of your imagination.

They exceeded my limit today: I hadn't thought of blaming environmental groups for the devastation of New Orleans...