Exit, stage far right

Attorney General John Ashcroft, as creepy and unpleasant an individual as has ever served in high office in the United States, resigned today.

To quote Monty Python, "And there was much rejoicing."

In other news, Yasser Arafat, as creepy and unpleasant an individual as has ever served in high office (or non-office, in this case) anywhere, clings feebly to life in a Paris hospital, supposedly mere hours from the Big Sleep. His wife yesterday accused other Palestinian leaders of trying to "bury him alive."

To which the Israeli government commented, "And your point...?"