Thursday, December 22, 2005

Cheney & McClellan Quotes on Spying

These quotes just made me laugh and laugh. I hope you'll laugh too, b/c if we don't laugh at this obscene slip towards fascism... we'll all be crying. 1) WH press secretary Scott McClellan would not discuss Robertson's resignation or the reasons cited for his departure. "Judge Robertson did not comment on the matter and I don't see any reason why we need to," McClellan said. TRANSLATION: "Dammit to hell! This makes Herr Bushler look really, really, really bad... so I'll do what I do best: lie and ignore." 2) VP Dick Cheney strongly defended the surveillance program and called for "strong and robust" presidential powers: "I believe in a strong, robust executive authority and I think that the world we live in demands it, b/c executive authority has been eroding since the Watergate & Vietnam eras. Watergate and a lot of the things around Watergate and Vietnam, both during the 1970s, served, I think, to erode the authority I think the pres needs to be effective, especially in the natl security area." TRANSLATION: "Ever since those peacenik liberals dared to question the bloodletting in Vietnam- which I didn't serve in b/c I had better things to do by the way- and ever since those pissy rule followin' liberals dared to say 1 word about Nixon's crimes and secret tapings, this monarchy... err... fascism... err... this presidential gig has been tough to commit crimes under."
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