dead....dead....DEAD!

now playing: jackson browne, "doctor my eyes"


so, this morning, i took a few minutes to read the transcript of last night's CBS interview with dan bartlett over at josh marshall's site. here's the crux of the interview, in a nutshell:

CBS: so you've looked at the memos...

BARTLETT: yeah. this guys' dead, though.

CBS: but the memos say...

BARTLETT: the memos are irrelevant, because the guys' dead.

CBS: but they clearly state that...

BARTLETT: look, let's not try to put words into the mouth of a dead man, ok?

CBS: but these are official documents...

BARTLETT: rumor and innuendo from partisan politicians. did i mention that this guy is worm food?

CBS: what about these official documents is rumor and innuendo?

BARTLETT: election year, blah, partisan politics, blah blah...dead guy! DEAD GUY!

CBS: but he had a direct order to report for a physical...

BARTLETT: let's not rush to try to read the mind of a DEAD GUY! DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!

CBS: but it says the president actually approached him with regard to getting out of drills...

BARTLETT: honorable discharge! fulfilled his requirements! records show hundreds of cockpit hours! partisan politics! character assassination! DEAD GUY! these papers are the words of a DEAD GUY! what opinion could a DEAD GUY possibly have in this matter? his contributions to the record as it stands are irrelevant because he's DEAD! DEAD! DEAD!


OK, so maybe that wasn't exactly how it went, word for word....BUT - during what was a pretty brief line of questioning, he did refer to the fact that Lt. Col. Killian has shuffled off this mortal coil seven times. it would appear that this means that your observations and recorded opinions on the matter at hand are somehow irrelevant.

as dana carvey's church lady would say..."how convieeeeenent."


boy, that smear shoe sure is tight on the other foot, isn't it?