I Learned a New Word Today: Vetting

According to dictionary.com:

To subject to veterinary evaluation, examination, medication, or surgery.

Does this mean that Bernard Kerik is an animal that was in need of a veterinary examination, medication, or surgery, as are all of Bush's fine picks for Cabinet positions? I have this image in my head of the look on my doggie's face when the vet goes in for the stool sample - hehe.

You guys probably already know all the dirt on Kerik, but in case you were drunk all weekend and would like to read up on it, here it is in a nutshell.

Ezra from Pandagon does a fabuous job of putting it all in one sentence in this riveting recap of the exiting things the Bush Administration has done since election day:

...promoting Bernard Kerik to Homeland Security, only to have his nomination fail because the supposed head of America's immigration and security laws had hired an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper, had ties to the mob, had an affair with an underling, left his job in Iraq early and under questionable circumstances, and had a warrant out for his arrest.