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Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Spin
This one is just too good to pass up. Froomkin highlights it. Mary Matalin, who is one of the best, spins the hell out of a question from pumpkin-head on Meat the Press last Sunday:
Tim Russert's panel on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday included Cheney adviser Matalin. Russert asked if Cheney only had one beer. Here is part of Matalin's response:

"[Y]ou think the Secret Service would let the vice president out, tanked up, with a loaded gun, or let him be around anybody who's drunk with a loaded gun? It just defies common sense that the press would even go there. And that's why these adversarial question-and-answer periods set up the presumption that Cheney would be drunk, or having to deny that Cheney was drunk, as opposed to presuming what we all know, that he doesn't drink, he wouldn't hunt and drink, the Secret Service wouldn't let anybody around him who is drinking and hunting."
Ben Bradless called that a "non-denial denial", which in my mind ices it. Dead Eye Dick must've had hisself a few cold ones after his nooner with Pamela to calm down from the Swiss massage. Hell, the Secret Service agents were probably hauling the cooler out on the range while the big brave hunters go after those mean ole' domesticated birds!
Written at 10:54 AM by Greyhair.
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