Don’t know what you’re thinking, but NBC’s Today Show is overly excited about the upcoming wedding of President George W. Bush’s daughter – Jenna.  It all started off with the endless promos touting First Lady Laura Bush’s role as a ‘co-host’ of the show.  By the way, when was it or has it ever been OK for a daily news magazine show to allow a political figure “co-host” a news show?  What must Edward R. Murrow be thinking? Not only that, but then the show spent endless segments talking about the plans for her daughter’s wedding?  Kudos to the White House for pulling that one off; darts to the NBC News executives who thought that was ‘good’ journalism.

It’s become increasingly difficult to watch the “Today Show” because it has gotten so caught up in self-promoting its own personalities and NBC programming.  Occasionally, it will fit in its political coverage, allowing Tim Russert to give some pithy analysis about the 2008 presidential election.  The sad fact is that Russert’s number of diverse guests on his “Meet the Press” has probably doubled – well, that’s because he’s interviewed presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) several times.

My apologies, I digressed … Now, back to the wedding …  there was Ann Curry’s tour of the Bush home in Crawford, Texas – site of the anticipated (at least to NBC) wedding.   The First Lady guides Curry around the ‘green friendly’ ranch.  Wait, what did she say?  The ranch’s home is green-friendly?!  When the heck did the Bushes get environmentally conscious?  Do their compassionate conservative friends know that?  Curry didn’t even flinch, admiring all the lovely touches. Never once did she question the irony of what the first lady was describing in light of the president’s ties to the oil industry, and globally known as a stalwart to any forward thinking about controlling greenhouse gases.

Also, didn’t you just love Mother and Daughter Bush talking about their new book, “Read All About It”? Sniffle, sniffle, tissue, please… Oh, so touching… Wish I could have heard the collective groan of the thousands of truly talented childrens’ book authors whose transcripts lie unread or books go unsold because they just don’t have the right last name.

To my friends at NBC, enough already!  Tell me what’s going on the world, get the best, most credible minds and sources to lay out what we need to know, and leave the bubblegum-popping, lightweight pieces to Access Hollywood!