And this just in...

From AP, not the NY Post, so you know it's the truth.



"The federal deficit will hit a record $445 billion, the White House said yesterday, provoking immediate election-year finger-pointing at President Bush's handling of the economy.



The administration's summer budget update forecast shortfalls falling to $331 billion next year, fading to $229 billion by 2009 with smaller shortfalls each year than officials envisioned in the winter.



The announcement came the same day the Commerce Department said economic growth slowed this spring to an annual rate of 3%, well below the 3.8% many economists expected.



Administration officials said the budget figures were a solid improvement over predictions, while Democrats pointed to surpluses before Bush took office."



And if one more person makes a crack about me seeing Mike Moore's movie, they're going to get bitch-slapped.