Almost as good as Shakespeare.

“Sir, who is most responsible for the mess of the last eight years?” with a simple “I”

Of course, all best are off, if he answers “Me, or–as Limbaugh has already hinted to–” Obama.”

Dorian

Your last line, “I already regret being bitchy here. . .but Blogojevich has me wanting to bite the flag lapel criminals these days. . .” made me think of today's Frank Rich's column in the NY Times. Not specifically about Cheney and his “so” but about accountability (which is a piece of Cheney's attitude of “so”) and Blogojevich.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/opinion/14ric...

Thanks

Dorian

I do not know how old you are. . .but back in the day. . . when these four where in first grade all across the country there were standard first grade readers. . .It was a series of books about Dick and Jane. . .

If one takes a slight angle on Anglers name the name Dick is revealed as Anglers name. . . in the elementary readers Dick's dog was TIP. . .Most Boomers learned to read with our first words being spoken from Dick's to Tip. . “.Come Tip Come. . .Down Tip Down. . .Sit Tip Sit. . .No Tip No. . . Good Tip Good. . .Bad Tip Bad. . .”. . . Remember how Lyn Cheney was portrayed at the 1999 convention as the one to put Dick's life back together and set the guidelines as to how and what he was going to do with his life. . .hummm . . .kinda like an Author. . .and dear sweet Laura Bush like a good librarian. . .how many times has she tried to keep George from falling off the shelf?. . .

Perhaps the Secret Service was sending the American people code way back then. . .So?. . . . after eight years we can probably surmise that No Child Left Behind is another failed policy. . . . “So?”. . . Do you think No Child Left Behind counts all the innocent children killed and maimed in war in the (Left Behind) scores?. . . “So?”. . .is not a big power word or indicator of complex indepth thinking but rather the kind of word the playground bully uses during the time Tip is learning to fetch . . .

Thank goodness our President elect has strong grounding in Sesame Street. . .

I already regret being bitchy here. . .but Blogojevich has me wanting to bite the flag lapel criminals these days. . .

“Mr. Cheney, half a million people lost their jobs last month.”

Cheney: “So?”

“Over four thousand soldiers died a meaningless death thousands of miles from home, in large part because of you.”

“So?”

“Millions of children go to bed hungry every night in America.”

“So?”

The list of possibilities is endless. It's just the crass contempt of that one little word that is so painful – how someone like that could end up as a public servant is just, so, disheartening. Not sure if it will be the one, primary thing that Cheney will be remembered by, but it certainly ranks in the top five (along with when he told Leahy to 'Fcuk Off', or when when he when to visit the Katrina wreckage and a passerby told Cheney to 'Go fcuk yourself', or my favorite, when he shot his friend in the face with a shotgun – that will end up as his “Ford trips down stairs” moment that will live on through history, probably)