Thinking of the call by more and more folks for attorney general Alberto Gonzales to resign because of his role in the firing of US Attorneys, and same call being made of Paul Wolfowitz after the revelation hd gave his female companion a raise to $195,000/yr. (-- more than Bush's oil tanker secretary of state Condoleezza Rice makes!) (NOTE: For neocons, it's only a mistake if caught), I was increasingly curious why my mind was being plagued more and more by the Jerry Seinfeld show in recent days. It finally occurred to me.
One of the episodes dealt with George Costanza being fired from his job. (Sorry, I don't remember the details of why--but that's OK, as Alberto Gonzales will demonstrate in his upcoming testimony before congress.)
See, George Costanza gets fired from his job, but rather than accept that, he decides he'll just ignore his boss' decree and continue to go to work. Well, the situation deteriorates with increasingly more drastic measures by management when it becomes obvious George isn't getting the message. Disconnecting his phone, locking him out and boarding over his office entrance, Costanza is undeterred. He crawls through the office ventilation ducts to get inside his office!
I suspect this is one of the Bush administration's favorite Seinfelds because, despite the increasing outrage by the public at their unflinching denial of reality, they continue to go to work every day.
A fine example of this is attorney general Gonzales' upcoming testimony before the senate. He admits he has failed to review the memos pertinent to his case lest they affect/distort his testimony. This is just a clue for us to expect a lot of "failing memory" or no memory at all in response to senator's difficult questions.
And so, expect Gonzales and world bank president Wolfowitz to be back at their jobs next week and next month -- even if they have to crawl through the ventilation ductwork to get into their offices. George Costanza would be proud.
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Oh, I remember that Seinfeld, but now that you mention it, I'm not sure why George was fired either. He was a chronic liar, a people-user, a known lazy-ass & incompetent fuck-up, so ... hey, he may in fact be the model for many of our govt leaders!
No worries for Gonzo, he now has a few extra days prep time due to VA Tech massacre. He may not be reviewing the exact memos (deniability), but you can be sure he will have a very precise response for every question. Delivery: folksy. Wording: down to the proverbial gnat's hair. Expect a lot of shoulder shrugging, insipid smiling, alternating palms-up hand gestures with the classic tent (here is the church, here is the steeple), followed by furrowed eyebrows in an attempt to look as if he's taking it all seriously, ignore the flop-sweat on his upper lip. After all, he's got the best team in the biz prepping him, the same handlers who managed to make GWB look like a down-home boy we are all supposed to want to have a beer with, not the brown-shirt his mama so carefully raised her little manchurian candidate to be.
Dada, you are so right, there are no depths to which Gonzo will not sink to retain his office (as long as his doing so pleases his master). A ductwork crawling worm has more pride. Jeesh, now *I* need some ventilation. ~~ D.K.
ah yes -- it only counts if they get caught...
with their pants down -- how many emails got lost???
and do you really think baby bush has an attention span long enough to watch an entire tv show? smile
Update: The Gonzales hearing before the senate today (4/19) resulted in the Atty. General "losing his memory" a total of 74 times! (("I don't recall.")
One in the gallery was heard to ponder aloud, wondering how the fuck Gonzales got through law school when unable to retain important information. (Obviously uttered by a smart-assed bastard.)
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