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Just when you think it’s safe to go back in the water:

The knives are already out just two weeks after Bush left the White House, as some of his closest friends and former aides begin lobbing sharp criticisms at the Obama administration. 

The comments mark a departure from the general rules of decorum that held sway during the final weeks of the Bush administration, when the departing president and his aides made a point of fostering a cordial relationship with the Obama team. Bush himself has refrained from criticism so far, making no public remarks since returning to Texas.

"It’s certainly unbecoming, especially for a former vice president," Thomas E. Mann, a scholar at the Brookings Institution, said in reference to the remarks by Cheney and others. "It reinforces the fact that there’s a lot of bitterness about the low public standing of Bush and the administration as they left office, and the soaring standing of Barack Obama. A lot of these people are still caught up in these ideological battles and can’t let go."

Might I suggest some anger management sessions, intensive therapy or, even better, a desert island with no media hook-ups or internet connectivity for some internal reflection?

Because the rest of us sure as hell could use a time out from you and your bruised little egos.

Note to the media:  Children throwing tantrums merely want attention.  If you stop quoting them, maybe they will STFU and go the hell away already.