January 15, 2007
Whistlin' Dixie
You might have missed the President's appearance on 60 minutes last night, where he describes himself as a "flexible, open minded person", once again takes responsibility for a couple of little mistakes in the war, pretends to be as surprised as we were that there were no weapons of mass destruction, gives Congress the figurative finger, and shows us, the American people, his strength and resolve to do the right thing. The settings were fabulous-- places where we've never been before -- inside and outside Camp David, aboard Air Force One, with costumes to match. Landed right in my subliminal.
The President did look very pale after meeting with families of dead soldiers, but took the opportunity to spin the meeting into supposed surge support. Heaven forfend that a loved one died in vain.
He's absolutely shameless. When are we going put a stop to his delusions? He has destroyed Iraq, killed over 600,000 Iraqi citizens and more than 3000 American soldiers and he still thinks he's just working hard, doing the right thing, for God, of course..
Scott Pelley does manage to ask a few probing questions. I wonder if he'll be in trouble this morning.
I'm going to stop huffing and puffing and go blow a shamanistic whistle.
Photo note: A Peruvian whistling vessel -- or a ghoul getting an infusion from a source that wishes to remain anonymous.
Addendum: A sample of modern Peruvian music as long as we're on the subject --- note the bagpipes