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From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
The Legacy of the Oh I Don't Know Gang...
Somebody give Donald Rumsfeld a gold star. In one careless, snotty quip last week, he perfectly branded the Bush administration and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Republican lapdog Congress...
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Q: Is [Iraq] closer to a civil war?
SEC. RUMSFELD: Oh, I don't know.
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Cont'd...
"Oh, I don't know." An exquisite choice of words. How succinctly they crystalize the Republicans' attitude toward their stewardship circa 2001-2006 (but hopefully not beyond this November). "Oh, I don't know." On its face it's a simple statement of ignorance. Beneath the surface, though, bubbles an undercurrent of petulance, apathy and arrogance. He might as well be saying, "Oh, I don't know. Shut up, leave me alone and print my press release."
This will be the lasting legacy of the "Oh I Don't Know Gang"---the knuckledraggers who claimed they wanted to usher in a new era of responsibility...
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What should we do to stop the bloodshed in the Middle East? Oh, I don't know.
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What's our plan for getting out of Iraq? Oh, I don't know.
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Is FEMA ready if a category 5 hurricane hits the Gulf Coast? Oh, I don't know.
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The entire scientific community agrees that global warming is real. What's your plan to reduce it? Oh, I don't know.
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Well, do you at least agree that global warming is real? Oh, I don't know.
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What about the massive deficits you've run up? Oh, I don't know.
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Doesn't torturing people send the wrong message about what America stands for? Oh, I don't know.
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How about homeland security? Oh, I don't know.
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Remember when the president put Laura in charge of curbing gang violence? How's that coming along? Oh, I don't know.
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North Korea? Oh, I don't know.
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Gas prices? Oh, I don't know.
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Is the internet really a series of tubes? Oh, I don't know.
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Why didn't you let the weapons inspectors finish their jobs in Iraq before you invaded? Oh, I don't know.
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Can someone really live on $5.15 an hour? Oh, I don't know.
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Lots of dying goin' on in Somalia. Anything we can do about it? Oh, I don't know.
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Is it really possible to diagnose a medical condition based on watching a video in a senate office? Oh, I don't know.
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Hey, where's Osama bin Laden? Oh, I don't know.
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Illegal immigration? Oh, I don't know.
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Isn't wiretapping of domestic phone calls without a warrant illegal? Oh, I don't know.
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Do you really think that legalizing same-sex marriage will lead to man/dog marriage? Oh, I don't know.
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Shouldn't we stop the corruption in Congress? Oh, I don't know.
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Isn't outing a covert CIA operative for political gain bad? Oh, I don't know.
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What about health care? Oh, I don't know.
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What would happen to someone's "privatized" Social Security account if (s)he retired during a bear market? Oh, I don't know.
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How are those up-armored Humvees and body armor for our troops coming along? Oh, I don't know.
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How's that Mars project coming along? Oh, I don't know.
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What did that presidential daily briefing titled Bin Laden Determined to Strike Inside the United States mean? Oh, I don't know.
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Your base---made up of hard-line Christian fundamentalists---believes that the earth is 6,000 years old and that the Rapture is right around the corner. You couldn't possibly agree with them, could you? Oh, I don't know.
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Aren't all these presidential "signing statements" eroding the authority of the Congress? Oh, I don't know.
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If the economy is so great and productivity is up, how come average Americans aren't benefiting from it? Oh, I don't know.
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What's 2 + 2? Oh, I don't know.
...shut up, leave me alone and print my press release.
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