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May 25, 2006

What if Cheney actually testifies?

I'm sure he'll claim something about executive privilege or state secrets and avoid testifying, but if he does, pontificator offers a preview over at Kos:

Cheney: You want answers?

Fitzgerald: I think I'm entitled to them.

Cheney: You want answers?

Fitzgerald: I want the truth!

Cheney: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Joseph Wilson? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Valerie Plame and you curse the Unitary Executive. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that Plame's outing, while tragic, probably saved the Unitary Executive's political bacon. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves political bacon...You don't want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall.

We use words like honor, code, loyalty...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent defending something. You use 'em as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I'd rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand a post. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!

Fitzgerald: Did you order the Plame outing?

Cheney: (quietly) I did the job you sent me to do.

Fitzgerald: Did you order the Plame outing?

Cheney: You're goddamn right I did!!

Posted by Mike at May 25, 2006 01:05 PM

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