Gah, I hate it when politicians joke about the fact that they bullshit or have to make up excuses. I hate it even more when people go along with it.
RUMSFELD: "Hell, I'm an old man, and it's early in the morning, I'm just gathering my thoughts here..."
AUDIENCE: "Then get out of office you senile fuck..."
It's always the same old story. When journalists and media types ask 'difficult' questions, there's always a get-out clause or a way of wiggling out of a straight answer. When a stoic member of the public (or better yet, a steely-eyed, pissed-off soldier) asks the same question in a forthright and straightforward manner, the politician can't answer... stalling for time, telling jokes.
Christ, he makes Clinton look appealing.
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"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction" Dick Cheney - August 26, 2002
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