On Abu Ghraib Prison…
Senator Evan Bayh: “Secretary Rumsfeld, even though you weren’t personally involved in the underlying acts here, would it serve to demonstrate how seriously we take this situation, and therefore help to undo some of the damage to our reputation, if you were to step down? ”
Donald Rumsfeld: “That’s possible. And of course a sphincter says what, Senator.”
Senator Evan Bayh: “I’m sorry, what was that last bit? I couldn’t quite hear you, Mr. Secretary.”
Donald Rumsfeld: “Heh. Nevermind.”
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update: okay, that’s just scary.
Shpincter joke, eh? That’s funny.
NOT!
A sphincter says what?
If Rummy is going to resign, why not go out with a bang? I would have pointed out to Senator Kennedy that there was nothing going on in those photos that haven’t happened on a regular basis on the hallowed grounds of the Kennedy compound.
Also, I would have held up an artist’s depiction of the newly refurbished 280-acre Abu Ghraib prison bearing the proud title of Robert Byrd Correctional Facility. “Senator, while we seem to have misplaced the chain of command org chart, you might find this charming…It’s not West Virginia, but it is named after you”
I would ask if you were crawling around in my brain, but it appears that I wrote mine at 4:39 EST and you wrote yours 2:29 Coors Time and that would mean that I wrote mine exactly ten minutes after you wrote yours so..ummm…subtract the remainder, carry the five, hold over Bunsen burner for thirty seconds…
Yea, I read your mind, not the other way around.
This is an ongoing nightmare. But thanks for trying to cheer me up…