Total (Selective) Recall

Posted by Mary Mancini on September 19, 2007 under Uncategorized |

We all knew ’twas only a matter o’ time afore th’ Bush Administration sent someone out t’ attack former Fed chief Alan Greenspan fer makin’ nah-so-veiled criticisms in his new book, “Th’ Age o’ Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,” about th’ Bush Administration’s fiscal incontinence. Th’ chosen one? Dick Cheney, who had t’ do somethin’ t’ defend his buddies from his other buddy ( I know, ’tis confusin’) Greenspan’s astute observations

On the Cap’n: “My biggest frustration remained the president’s unwillingness to wield his veto against out-of-control spending.”
On politicizin’ o’ th’ budget: “Much to my disappointment, economic policymaking in the Bush administration remained firmly in the hands of the White House staff.“
On th’ 109th Congress: “The Republicans in Congress lost their way. They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose.”
On Dread Pirate Roberts’s (Cheney’s) Pet Project Iraq: “I’m saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows — the Iraq war is largely about oil.”

Without a glimmer o’ self-awareness, Cheney writes in todays Wall Street Journal

Alan tells of his first meeting with then President-elect Bush on Dec. 18, 2000, at the Madison Hotel in Washington. I recall this breakfast meeting very well, especially Alan’s comments on the state of the economy.

Interestin’ that he can recall this 7-year-ole meetin’ but can nah recall authorizin’ a clandestine visit t’ Ashcroft:

T’ be fair, though, he “doesn’t know” (as in, “I dunno who sent Joe WIlson”) more than he “doesn’t recall.” (12 times in one interview, arrrrrrrrrr!).

He also “doesn’t remember,” as in “I don’t remember wha’ I said in 1994!”

Cheney ‘n th’ Wench, who can nah remember th’ plot o’ her owns book, must ‘ave awesome grub natters (dinner conversations)!

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