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10.02.2004
The list of Those Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken has grown. You might have noticed that during the debate on Thursday night no mention was made of Ahmed Chalabi. You remember him? Seated behind Laura Bush at the State of the Union Speech? Much like Saddam has replaced Osama, we now have Allawi as the great founding father of Iraq.. ixnay on the Ahmedway Alabichay. Allawi is just the next contestant to play "Last Prime Minister Standing." Last we saw of Chalabi his home was being raided to search for evidence that he was passing information to Iran. Oh... I'm sorry Mr. Chalabi you've been kicked off the island. The game is simple to play. You bet your life that once Iraq either has an election or becomes a benign dictatorship you will be the last guy sitting on the throne. If you are, you get a country rich with oil reserves and a brutal police force trained by the United States. If you lose... well, you're dead. The cynic in me refers to is as a game of "Pass the Target." In the last four years the Cynic has built a commanding lead over the Optimist. Cynic: 4,987 pts Optimist: 1 pt (granted one pity point by the Cynic) The Cynic expects to be uncorking champagne on election night as record numbers of politically bamboozled people march to the polls to re-elect George W. Bush, President Blinky of Pac-Manland. Another shining moment: "I reject this notion -- and I'm suggesting my opponent isn't -- I reject the notion that some say that if you're Muslim you can't free, you don't desire freedom. I disagree, strongly disagree with that." - Bush How's that for a backhanded compliment? I think I'll try that the next time I'm chatting up some girl. "Hey, you know some guys say you're crazy and ugly, but I reject that, I STRONGLY disagree with that! You're not the least bit crazy." This is at least the second time that Bush has used this line. I found it astonishing that he said it the first time. I chalked it up to a slip. I give him slips. But he said it again? "Fool me twice... Won't get fooled again". The Cynic gets another point. Did Bush really say that he needs to put a leash on his daughters? Yes, he did. And while this may have created some pleasant mental images for some of the young men watching, others may have remembered that whole Abu Ghraib prison mess.... involving leashes. Classic. |
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