Pandagon: Red Cheeked And Downy-Haired

December 11, 2003

Red Cheeked And Downy-Haired

You know, it's gotta be embarassing to be a part of a party and administration so entirely driven by ideological purity that it makes doing your job not only difficult, but downright shameful.

President Bush found himself in the awkward position on Wednesday of calling the leaders of France, Germany and Russia to ask them to forgive Iraq's debts, just a day after the Pentagon excluded those countries and others from $18 billion in American-financed Iraqi reconstruction projects.

I can't help but think that modern Republican policy is driven totally by the deus ex machina of American valor. Everything we do is right, even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff. It's like the Bible, except with no-bid contracts.

Posted by Jesse Taylor at December 11, 2003 09:55 AM

Comments

We wanted to do that.

Posted by: W at December 11, 2003 12:11 PM

Seeing past the end of their noses would probably help. Or realizing their elbows from other parts...

Posted by: Chris at December 11, 2003 12:36 PM

"Everything we do is right!
Even when we're wrong, we're right!
Then we're even MORE right!"

Care for a quick game of Calvinball, anyone?

Posted by: Satan luvvs Repugs at December 11, 2003 01:10 PM

"It's like the Bible, except with no-bid contracts."

Hah! Good one, J-Rock.

Posted by: zj at December 11, 2003 01:38 PM

Why does logic hate America?

Posted by: John Lotts Calculator at December 11, 2003 03:09 PM

"It's like the Bible, except with no-bid contracts."

I think I frightened the boyfriend when I burst up over this one. Very nice.

Posted by: JamesK at December 11, 2003 08:10 PM

Wait...who else bid against Noah for the Ark contract? Was it a consortium of Atlanteans and unicorns? Because that would explain everything.

Posted by: Jesse Fuchs at December 12, 2003 07:53 PM