Director of Irony

By: Teddy
Published On: 7/13/2006 10:02:01 AM

The inimitable Representative Rahm Emanuel, D-Illinois, has proposed that President Bush, in accordance with his claim that his budget is saving money for the American people, establish a Director of Irony by consolidating three high-salary positions Emanual found listed in the White House Staff.  Emanual was referring to the two Ethics Advisors and the Director of Fact Checking.  I assume his tongue was in his cheek?

Representative Emanuel did not stop there...
...in his remarks on the House floor, here quoted from AMERICAblog.com

Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President said we continue to be wise about how we spend the people's money.

  "Then why are we paying over $100,000 for a 'White House Director of Lessons Learned'?

  "Maybe I can save the taxpayers $100,000 by running through a few of the lessons this White House should have learned by now.

  "Lesson 1: When the Army Chief of Staff and the Secretary of State say you are going to war without enough troops, you're going to war without enough troops.

  "Lesson 2: When 8.8 billion dollars of reconstruction funding disappears from Iraq, and 2 billion dollars disappears from Katrina relief, it's time to demand a little accountability.

  "Lesson 3: When you've 'turned the corner' in Iraq more times than Danica Patrick at the Indy 500, it means you are going in circles.

  "Lesson 4: When the national weather service tells you a category 5 hurricane is heading for New Orleans, a category 5 hurricane is heading to New Orleans.


Now, now, Mr. Emanual, that is all old news, we should move past the past. Stop your carping criticism, it only helps the terrorists.

Comments



Fictional Towns in Virginia (Josh - 7/13/2006 10:10:32 AM)
I was browsing around Wiki today and came across a listing of fictional towns in Virginia.

Maybe we should add the town where George Felix Allen is "Jeffersonian" to that list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fictional_towns_and_cities_in_Virginia



Fiction? (Teddy - 7/13/2006 10:20:45 AM)
Isn't the whole story of the Bush Presidency a fiction? Why stop there with doofus Allen? The whole foolish administration is as realistic as, well, reality TV only worse. Emanual has it right, the White House needs a Director of Irony, very much the way Gilbert and Sullivan provided the Poobah of This or That in their comic operas. Along with a Director of Irony, how about Commissar of Character Assassination? Grafter-in-Chief? Oh, maybe we already have that in Mr. Rove.


Don't forget Bush's good friend Tom Davis too (bladerunner - 7/13/2006 10:46:29 AM)
We can't forget George Bush's good friend in Congress, Tom Davis, chair of the reformatory Boys club. He so excellently led investigations into events such as: Lying to get into Iraq,Abu Grahb,CIA outting of Valerie Plame, and Haliburton. He has a perfect record of not investigating ethical matters. Give that good ole boy from the K Street Money Club a pat on the back. NOT!!

It's time for Andy Hurst in the 11th District.