The latest New York Times/CBS Poll indicates that an overwhelming majority of Americans favor an immediate cut-off of funds for all White House operations, including the salaries of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

The poll reflects the sentiment that the only way to get members of this Administration to re-deploy out of the government is to force them back into the oil, gas and mining industries from which they came.

Although the next Presidential election is approximately 20 months away, most voters agree with the proposition that the country would be far better off with an empty White House, than with the current occupants.

However, experts believe that getting rid of Vice President Cheney is a bit more problematic, given the fact that he’s living off his¬†fat Halliburton severance package and stock options, and doesn’t need his official salary. In addition, it would be difficult to pry Cheney¬†out of¬†his secret bunker, stocked with assault weapons and at least two years’ worth of canned goods.

Despite this groundswell of support for a total funds cut-off, Congressional Democrats are proposing a non-binding resolution that merely denounces a surge of additional West Wing staffers, and suggests that the White House pastry chef cut back on trans fats.

In addition, Congressman Jack Murtha, the Democrats’ most outspoken leader against the war, has¬†proposed that before the President is “rotated back” into the White House, he would be required to take an extended vacation, as well as training in constitutional law, World History, and Logic 101.

Meanwhile, Senators McCain and Lieberman, with the support of the White House, are jointly sponsoring a bill to cut off Article I of the Constitution, so that Congress has no further control over the future war-making powers of King George and Prince Dick. 

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BLOGWORTHIES:

PDB: How Do You Know You’ve Lost a War.

Stephen Crockett at BuzzFlash: Republican Dishonesty on Iraq.

Iraq, Apologies and Hillary, at TalkLeft.

One Good Move with Jon Stewart’s interview of¬†Jeffery Rosen, on his Supreme Court book.

Dan Kurtzman with video of Al Franken’s Senate announcement and interviews.