Faux Outrage
By Cernig
Do you know how easy it is to find out what David Addington looks like? This easy.
Which makes the outrage coming from the likes of Red State, Hot Air and Powerline at William Delahunt's admittedly dumb words just as much Faux News at it always is.
Addington set out to be a complete jackass showing the "grace of gollum" in his contempt for Congress. Some Congresscritters seemed more interested in showing their contempt for Addington in return - or in grandstanding rather than asking searching questions about non-hypothetical events. All in all not a great day for America, but let's not lose sight of the simple fact that, sans Addington, Yoo and their bosses, America wouldn't have an officially sanctioned policy of torture and the commission of other war crimes. There's a clear villain in the Addington/Delahunt tale and it isn't the congressman from Massachusetts.
Yeah damn that Delahunt for ruining the civility of the Congress. I'm sure Dick "Fuck You" Cheney is appalled as is McNasty McCain, who I would quote from one of his red-faced encounters in teh hallowed chambers, but I'm too lazy to google.
It's going to be a long five months.
Posted by: Libby | June 27, 2008 at 01:16 PM
You're right.
Why not just hand them the rusty knife and hold Addington down while they do it?
You people are incredible.
Posted by: Rick Moran | June 27, 2008 at 02:33 PM
Are you really equating returning snark in response to Addington's sneering disrespect for the committee process to a terrorist beheading Rick? I would think you would leave that to the real fringe wingnut pants pissers at freerepublic.
Posted by: Libby | June 27, 2008 at 03:10 PM
Nope, Libby, that can't be Rick - it's a troll posing as Rick. The real Moran is a thoughtful long-post blogger who actually reads carefully the items he comments on. He wouldn't have missed the way I called Delahunt's comment dumb, nor would he have missed the blindingly obvious - that Al Qaeda doesn't have to watch C-SPAN to find out what Addington looks like, they can just Google him. Thus the real Rick Moran would have figured out, logically, that in actual fact it was Addington who was baiting the congressmen by mentioning AQ watching in the first place - and thus the real Rick Moran wouldn't have left such a dumbass driveby comment on a small blog like ours. QED
(/sarcasm)
Regards, C
Posted by: Cernig | June 27, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Comment Deleted.
Good job, Jack - showing your usual lack of content and now throwing in insults to boot. Bye-bye.
Regards, C
Posted by: Jack Tanner | June 27, 2008 at 03:18 PM
Hey C. Ah trolls. That makes more sense.
Posted by: Libby | June 27, 2008 at 03:48 PM
Lordy! No bugger outside of the States gets C-SPAN. Therefore they would have to watch it via the Intertubes. I really don't think they would sit and watch hours of mainly boring discourse to discover the secret identity of Addington types.
Is this just a case of fauxtrage and certain republican-types p1ssing their pants again?
Posted by: Royston Vasey | June 28, 2008 at 04:44 PM
If Addington was really so worried about being seen and recognized he would have worn his red wig and his catwoman dominitrix attire with the black bullwhip.
Posted by: Eric | June 29, 2008 at 03:22 AM
Didn't you guys know that Delahunt controls al-Qaeda, and that they do his bidding?
All we have to do is convince Delahunt to order al-Qaeda to disband and take up basket weaving instead of waging jihad.
But instead, he commands his minions to attack Addington.
Bad Delahunt!
Posted by: Eric Martin | June 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM