Rove's nickname too vulgar for our ears?

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A dozen newspapers have found President Bush's term of endearment for his brain, Karl Rove, to be offensive. No,he doesn't call his brain "Karl Rove," although that's an idea. Rather, he calls Karl Rove by the affectionate nickname of "Turd Blossom."

Who could take offense at that? A nickname chosen by our most Christian president, the one closest to God?

Where does he get these nicknames? Some think they are Divinely inspired. Others say, "You can take the boy out of the frat house, but ...

In any event, some editors refused to run the strip, or edited out the word. It seems like that might have ruined the joke, though. Here's the AP story.

In the interest of striking a blow for the First Amendment, let me say this: Turd! Poophead! Double Booger!

Boy, it almost made me feel Presidential.

(By the way. the Journal Sentinel, which runs the strip on its op ed page, let it all hang out.)