With the recent outing of "Sprezzatura," that great fan of Lee Siegel at
The National Review, as Lee Sigel himself, I've been thinking of other sock puppets that need exposing.
We all know, of course, that George Bush is one. If you weren't convinced before the 2004 debates, that lump on his back clued you in: he is simply the creature of Condi, Karl, and Dick.
But there are many, many more.
Joe Lieberman, of course, is a second generation sock puppet, as the hand inside him is connected to the lips that kissed him--lips formed by other hands inside the sock.
Donald Rumsfeld is that extraordinary creation, the ouroboros sock puppet. Like that snake eating its own tail, this is a sock puppet eating itself. No wonder his words make no sense and that he asks--and answers--his own questions.
Robert Novak has been a sock puppet for so long that the material has worn away--but the puppeteers don't seem to realize that everyone can see their hands.
O'Rielly? Coulter? Frist? Ney? Who is running them? Whose hand makes the mouth? Feel free to tell.