Touche, Maureen!

At the end of a rather tedious Pride and Prejudice column-as-analogy, Maureen Dowd hit a nice zinger:

When he challenged Mr. Kerry to put up or shut up on his claim of support from foreign leaders, Mr. Bush said, "If you're going to make an accusation in the course of a presidential campaign, you've got to back it up with facts."

If you're going to make an accusation in the course of a presidency, you've got to back it up with facts, too.