Adding yet a new dimension to the unreality that is our current political environment, Harry Whittington, the 78 year old Texas attorney who was shot by Dick Cheney and suffered a heart attack as a result, did the following:
\nHe apologized.<\/p>
\nThat’s right: Mr. Whittington said he was “deeply sorry for everything Vice President Cheney and his family have had to deal with.”
\nOne can only wonder why on earth Mr. Whittington positioned himself in this way, but his statement gives me the same creeps I felt when watching Alberto Gonzales’ recent glassy-eyed performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
\nAs you’ll recall, this was the same testimony in which Gonzales claimed that George Washington “authorized electronic surveillance”, back in the day when folks communicated military intelligence through the lighting of lanterns in a church steeple.
\nGuess we should be grateful that Gonzales didn’t include Nixon in his list of former Presidents and that as of yet, no Democrat has been blamed for that unfortunate accident in the Texas woods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Adding yet a new dimension to the unreality that is our current political environment, Harry Whittington, the 78 year old Texas attorney who was shot by Dick Cheney and suffered a heart attack as a result, did the following: He … Continue reading