Hey, hey, ho, ho! Yasser Arafat's got to go! and Sen. Daschle beats the war drum, urges tough action against Saudis
From this morning's Washington Times, a story that Sen. Tom Daschle "yesterday urged President Bush to take a tougher stance with Saudi Arabia, whom he accused of insufficiently fighting terrorism, and said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat must be replaced. Said the senator,

"We need to be more aggressive. We need to be even confrontational with the leadership of the Saudi government in those occasions when they're not doing enough, and when they are sponsoring this propaganda of the ilk we've seen." Mr. Daschle's comments came the same day Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah called Mr. Bush to discuss international efforts to reach a solution in the Middle East.

On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mr. Daschle said the Palestinian movement should replace Mr. Arafat to bolster the chances of bringing about peace in the Middle East. "Sooner or later it has to happen," he said. "There has to be a regime change there. It has to happen from within the Palestinian movement. I don't think we can force it ourselves, but it's necessary in order to reach some peaceful arrangement."

I decided to contact Dr. Theodore Geisel, unfortunately now deceased, to ask him what he would say to Yasser Arafat. Dr. Geisel, more widely known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, replied by Ouija Board that he would echo a theme he explored in his classic book about a young boy named Marvin K. Mooney:

The time has come. The time is now.
Just go. Go. GO! I don't care how.

You can go by foot. You can go by cow.
Yasir Arafat, will you please go now!

You can go on skates. You can go on skis.
You can go in a hat. But please go. Please!

I don't care. You can go by bike.
You can go on a Zike-Bike if you like.
If you like you can go in an old blue shoe.
Just go, go, Go!
Please do, do, DO!

Yasir Arafat, I don't care how.
Yasir Arafat, will you please
GO NOW!

You can go on stilts.
You can go by fish.
You can go in a Crunk-Car if you wish.

If you wish you may go by lion's tail.
Or stamp yourself and go by mail.
Yasir Arafat!
Don't you know
the time has come
to go! Go! Go!

Asked for comment by phone, Israeli prime Minister Ariel Sharon said, "I wish I'd said that."