CBS is blaming President Bush for the California wildfires, reports the MRC. On Friday night, CBS "news" anchor Dan Rather quipped, "federal disaster officials are accused of ignoring urgent pleas from the state to help prevent just what ultimately happened there." Those urgent pleas would be those of then Gov. Gray Davis, who asked the Bush Administration to seize $430 Million from American taxpayers at the point of a gun to pay for clearing wide-spread beetle infested trees in California. Since Bush didn't jump when Davis clapped, the wildfires are clearly Bush's fault.

Of course, Gov-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger also did not provide Davis with $430 Million, so the wildfires must be his fault as well.

In other CBS bias-related news, the network canned the planned Reagan miniseries because of concern that the show was not very "balanced". CBS opted instead to air the miniseries on ne'er watched Showtime, where presumably they'll face much less public backlash.