Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he is a "big fan" of embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
In a interview with CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, the vice president also said Gonzales has been truthful in his testimony before Congress.
This cracks me up because it's supposed to put all of our fears to rest, yet we all know how honest and truthful Cheney's been with us. :)
I mean, seriously, whether it's hunting his elderly friends without a license or last throeing the insurgency in Iraq or laying low during the whole Plamegate thing, Cheney saying something like this cracks me up.
Can we please have someone in DC do their job? Who's going to check this out-of-balance lying sociopath?
Doesn't this just seem endemic of this administration? This kind of giving-an-opinion-without-giving-an-opinion soundbyte? Just like in every one of Bush's meetings with foreign dignitaries, heads of state, etc, when people ask questions about what they discussed, what resolutions they came to, what issues were raised, they instead give middling details with no real information:
ReplyDelete"Bush, how was your meeting with the Prime Minister?" "Oh, I think he's a heckuva guy!"
"Cheney, is Alberto Gonzalez a lying, corrupt Bushie who subverts the law for political gain?"
"Gonzalez? I'm a big fan!"
I don't care how you feel about the man, what about the work he's doing? Won't you answer for his actions?
You're right. And in that case we should then go on to blame the media for failing to even attempt the art of the follow-up question. Pretty sad.
ReplyDeletePeople (and the press, themselves) don't get that they are the fourth branch of government. An incredibly important check and balance against the powers that be. But like the other branches, they've let us down, too. At this point the tree that is our government is a weeping willow.
Still, as a tree it makes a lovely parting gift. :P
ReplyDeleteD'OH!
ReplyDeleteNicely done, sir! I've never seen a callback to another post :)