Con Men

You know things are getting really desperate for conservatives when they make a conspiracy-stink about an “X” that flashed across Dick Cheney’s face on CNN recently.

A: “It looks like another torture incident is coming to light.”
B: “So? The CNN liberals flashed an X across Cheney’s face!”
A: “And the Government is reneging on its promises to New Orleans.”
B: “So? The CNN liberals flashed an X across Cheney’s face!”
A: “And the oil industry flat-out lied to congress.”
B: “So? The CNN liberals flashed an X across Cheney’s face!”
A: “And the housing bubble is beginning to burst.”
B: “So? The CNN liberals…"

The cons screwed things up so badly that they unwittingly turned the word liberal back into something good and admirable--they just don't realize it yet.

Meanwhile, Vice has been supercharging his past outrage into a new rant against those who dare suggest prewar intelligence was manipulated. He's now extra super duper appalled at those unfair suggestions, which are completely baseless, outrageous, irresponsible, despicable, unwarranted, unfounded, unladylike, uncouth and downright dirty rotten pool, darnit.

Ever notice that on a playground, when a kid does something wrong and is confronted, he always attacks the accuser, not the accusation? So now Big Dick, the playground bully, is trying to outrage his way back to credibility. Watch the tactic fizzle along with the ratings of his boss.

I’m not going to say that Dick Cheney is a liar, but it’s quite clear that he has intentionally said things to create false and misleading impressions.

“But no--they really are in the last throes of the insurgency!” Right.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving, or in the case of the Bush Administration, Turkey Day.