Gin! Rummy!
February 27, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Oh, the duck. Oh, the risotto. Oh the crepes sporting raspberry and strawberry filling.
Tonight we treated the entire Extreme Mortman staff to a rare night out on the town, or, more accurately, an hour in the basement of the Willard Hotel. That’s where the Hoover Institution held its annual reception, a culinary feast so extravagant it once again earned its reputation as the most dazzling collection of foods since the parents of Extreme Mortman served up three jars of pickled herring at his Bar Mitzvah.
You know how many hip parties rent really beautiful people to just hang out? It seems the conservative Hooverites rent really smart intellectuals to just make interesting observations while sipping drinks.
But wait! What’s that? There, as we sip The Glenlivet, could it be? Yes! It’s Don Rumsfeld chatting up Doug Feith! Not just chatting, laughing. Laughing really, really hard. The kind of laughter that’s so hard it could cause a mistrial if the Scooter Libby jury ever heard it.
We couldn’t figure out the joke, but we saw Feith sipping red wine, and Rumsfeld holding a glass of what seemed to be white. We had Glenlivet, but liberals could have been just plain livid. If only we knew what the joke was. Perhaps the joys of private sector?
dsmith said,
February 28, 2007 @ 7:31 am
It went like this,”Those ignorant bastards fell for it. WMDs….man that was brilliant!
Deity said,
February 28, 2007 @ 7:40 am
Glad to hear Mr Rumsfeld is enjoying himself, much respect for the man.
LWM said,
February 28, 2007 @ 7:55 am
What exactly is it that you respect about Rumsfeld? Is it his gross negligence and incompetence or the monumental stubborness and pigheadedness?
Deity, hmmm. You probably have a great deal of respect for yourself and your opinions. Personally, I think you should consider changing your name to something that reflects your general lack of knowledge and understanding of these matters. How about Laity?
lk said,
February 28, 2007 @ 8:11 am
Rummy laughs and it is “news”? How sad. Next time you see a public figure please report their facial expressions, and liquids in their glasses. Film at 11!
JJ said,
February 28, 2007 @ 9:22 am
Are they laughing because of this?:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,999737,00.html
Or this?:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/23/60-minutes-cia-official-reveals-bush-cheney-rice-were-personally-told-iraq-had-no-wmd-in-fall-2002
Or maybe this?:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/26/MNG62FDUGL1.DTL
Or is it this?:
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200702060006
Jack is Back said,
February 28, 2007 @ 9:34 am
“Everyone thought that was Cheney but it really was a double. Dick is in Jackson Hole with Lynne shooting elk”. Ha, ha, ha!
Assistant Village Idiot said,
February 28, 2007 @ 9:52 am
Well, you beat me at name-dropping, that’s for sure. And your critics are junior high - that ought to be equally satisfying.
peter jackson said,
February 28, 2007 @ 10:21 am
“Are they laughing because of this?”
[snip]
Yes! All undesirable outcomes have to be intended by those in power! Evil!! Evil!!! Boogie-boogie-boogie-boo!!!!
Don't stop, this is moonbat country! said,
February 28, 2007 @ 10:31 am
BOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!1!!!1!!!1!
Wow, this post brought out the moonbats quick!
Fen said,
February 28, 2007 @ 10:58 am
”Those ignorant bastards fell for it. WMDs”
Funny. John Edwards claims he went to former Clinton administration officials to confirm that Saddam had a WMD program. They told him the same thing President Bush did.
But keep repeating the “no WMD” lie. Ignorant bastard indeed.
Gunga said,
February 28, 2007 @ 11:37 am
I’ll bet you think this song is about you. Don’t you? Don’t you?
NoOneYouKnow said,
February 28, 2007 @ 1:24 pm
It doesn’t really matter what the Clinton admin. allegedly told Edwards. In 2002, all the available intelligence was that Saddam no longer had WMD. But that didn’t work for Rummy and Feith, so they made up their yellowcake, mushroom cloud, remote-piloted planes spraying WMD stories. Cheney even claimed he knew where they were. Lies, lies, lies. They’re probable laughing because there are still people who believe them.
a guy in pajamas said,
February 28, 2007 @ 1:50 pm
NoOneICareToKnow,
That’s pretty funny. Hans Blix’s Valentine’s Day, 2003, report to the UN noted that there were still 1,000 tons of chemical agent unaccounted for, among other things. The CIA said it was a slam-dunk that he had them. Iraqi military officers _thought_ they were going to be issued them during the 2003 invasion. Russian intelligence warned the US he had them. Bill Clinton publicly supported the invasion in 2003, firmly believing Saddam had WMDs. Even Joseph Wilson’s classified (and later declassified) report to the CIA supported the contention that Saddam had approached Nigeria about purchasing yellowcake, though Nigeria turned him down.
The real lie about WMDs is the one you’re spouting.
JJ said,
February 28, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
“All undesirable outcomes have to be intended by those in power!”
Well, they *did* mean to go to war. But I agree that Bush did not intend to go to war in such a half-baked way. Why did Bush, just two weeks before the invasion, need to ask Garner just days before the invasion, questions like “What are your plans for the postwar?” and “What is your background?” Weird, huh? After he had been hard-selling his “product” for months and months?:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/interviews/garner.html
A bit weird, no? And why was the State Department arbitrarily cut out (Tom Warrick, who was also mentioned in this interview)? This also might have been what our little Pentagon campadres were chuckling about…
wishiwuz said,
February 28, 2007 @ 8:33 pm
They may be laughing because they enjoy life. I respect Mr. Rumsfeld and wish him well in retirement. Let those who hate do the suffering.
Melvin Shore said,
February 28, 2007 @ 10:19 pm
Their has not beeen a terrorist attack inside the United States since 9/11/01. The plan is working. What will the Democrats do to protect the United States???
Kip Watson said,
February 28, 2007 @ 10:33 pm
Donald Rumsfeld, what a legend.
History will remember him with admiration.
Who laughs last, laughs best.
Bill Kristol said,
February 28, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
God bless Doug Feith, and God bless our New American Century
I’m Bill Kristol and I approve this message.