Kick ‘Em on the Way Out

“Did you hear the big news? ‘The West Wing’ has been canceled. Not the TV show, the Bush Cabinet.” -- Jay Leno

“Hey, how many of you watched the new reality show ‘I’m a Cabinet Member, Get Me Outta Here!’ ” -- Leno

“I tell ya, it’s really getting crazy. Today one of the Bush daughters resigned.” -- Leno

“It’s kind of weird because Bush wins the election

and now everybody is leaving. As a matter of fact, the

Bush twins have been replaced by the Hilton sisters.

Not a bad deal.”-- David Letterman

“Big shake-ups in the Bush White House. I don’t know. It’s hard to picture the Bush administration without Spencer Abraham, isn’t it?” -- Letterman

“I haven’t seen this many secretaries run from the Oval Office since Clinton was in there.” -- Leno

“Even Bush’s education secretary, Rod Paige, has left.

You know he was the big force behind the ‘Leave No

Child Behind’ program. In fact, before he left, he introduced President Bush’s new program -- ‘Hey kids, you’re on your own!’ ” -- Letterman

In taking her new position, Condoleezza Rice “will be

relinquishing one of her most important functions --

sitting behind the president and giving people the

stink-eye.” -- Jon Stewart

“Ashcroft loses job to Mexican”-- Headline from “The Onion”

-- Compiled by Martin Miller