politic (re)hashings

okay, yes, i am been noticably silent regarding recent political follies of dead-eye dick (cheney) and his unlovable buffoon sidekick, w.

dammit i am in grad school and a full-time working stiff, time is precious. so finally, some observations about these incidents:

on dead-eye dick:
first picture that i came across had his typical smirk. y'know the one. he looks like joker in a bad live-action batman imitation. all he needed is the long cigarette and PREST-O! POW! SPLASH! KER-PLUNK! you could hear the sounds of his rating approval dip into the toilet.

my hubby's first mumblings (he was half-asleep) on the monday morning when it was leaked to the press: "he shot dan quayle?"

my response to his mumblings (i was wide awake): "no dear, he was shooting fowl. and his companion probably mentioned something about halliburton just before he got clipped."

later that day as more pieces of the story were known (damn the muddling free press for digging into an obviously personal event. do you want everyone to know when you've shot someone?) and it was mentioned that cheney's personal medical staff treated the victim at the scene.

what the fcuk -- why does the vp have his own personal medical staff accompanying him everywhere he goes? is he that special? poor people can't get healthcare but this bastard travels with his own hospital? and tax-payers are footing this bill? if he's that close to death, why haven't people just let him gooo already and spare us the joker? what kind of deal with the devil did halliburton and this guy make?

on w.:
after his drum-beating protectionist propaganda has been fed to us since 9/11, he's now upset that his frothy, anti-foreigner diatribes have taken hold? aaaah, can't have it both ways, gw, either you are for us or you are against us.

lastly, why is anyone shocked that the white house had a side-deal worked out behind the scenes and that w had no clue as to what was going on?