Deadlines, shmedlines:

Regarding the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan deadline, we read [Forbes]:

Speaking last week to seniors in Florida, President Bush refused to move the May 15 midnight deadline for penalty-free enrollment. As reported by The Associated Press, Bush said "Deadlines are important. Deadlines help people understand there's finality, and people need to get after it."

That's rich, coming from a guy who failed to file a Form-4 on time regarding the sale of Harken stock. From Slate: (selected excerpts)

A form on which Bush was supposed to report his stock sale wasn't filed until eight months after it was due.

Years ago, Bush said his form was filed late because the SEC had lost it. Last week, Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer retracted that claim and blamed Bush's lawyers: "The President believed at the time that he had filled out all the paperwork that was required, and it was filed, and that the lawyers did as they were required to do."

posted by Quiddity at 5/15/2006 08:38:00 AM