I'm visiting my parents for the holidays. They watch "real news" which is surreal enough as it is. The other night, in the wake of the underpants bomber stuff, Dick Cheney of all people was quoted as saying that "Obama isn't doing enough" which I think loosely translates to "isn't torturing enough brown people" or something roughly equivalent.
Now, for a second, I just had my normal "Gads, what a turbo-moron that guy is" reaction which I almost always have when confronted with quotes from members of that cult-of-an-administration. But then it occurred to me, I was thinking in terms of THAT administration! STILL!
By way of comparison, imagine hearing Dan Quayle quoted in foreign policy news, more than a year into the Clinton administration! NEVER HAPPEN. Dick's opinion should really not have mattered much during the long darkness of those eight years, and it sure as hell doesn't matter now. I referred to this conversationally as the "sticky residue" of the neocons and for the media it seems to be a little like that goo left on an SUV after the removal of a yellow ribbon sticker, it will take a while to scrub off.
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