"WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) released the following statement in advance of delivery on the House floor:
"Mr. Speaker, yesterday the President said we continue to be wise about how we spend the people's money.
"Then why are we paying over $100,000 for a 'White House Director of Lessons Learned'?
"Maybe I can save the taxpayers $100,000 by running through a few of the lessons this White House should have learned by now.
"Lesson 1: When the Army Chief of Staff and the Secretary of State say you are going to war without enough troops, you're going to war without enough troops.
"Lesson 2: When 8.8 billion dollars of reconstruction funding disappears from Iraq, and 2 billion dollars disappears from Katrina relief, it's time to demand a little accountability.
"Lesson 3: When you've 'turned the corner' in Iraq more times than Danica Patrick at the Indy 500, it means you are going in circles.
"Lesson 4: When the national weather service tells you a category 5 hurricane is heading for New Orleans, a category 5 hurricane is heading to New Orleans.
"I would also ask the President why we're paying for two 'Ethics Advisors' and a 'Director of Fact Checking.'
"They must be the only people in Washington who get more vacation time than the President.
"Maybe the White House could consolidate these positions into a Director of Irony."
The link to the orginal is here.
Are Letterman's writers moonlighting?
ReplyDeleteThis guy rocks!
Loved the race track metaphor..
ReplyDeleteha!
I loved Rahm Emanuel before, but now?
ReplyDelete*swoons*
Bwwwhaaahaaaa.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny.
cinemonkey - no, but the Keyston Cops are running the White House,
ReplyDeleteSande - me too. and dana rocks!
tits - i don't swoon, but i'm glad to hear more officials yelling out the Emperor Has No Clothes!!
Newscoma - yes, yes it is! mr colbert needs to book Emanuel!
Mmmmmmm... Rahm...
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmm...
[not only swooning, but also drooling]
Okay, Rahm Emanuel on the Colbert Report? I think I'd pass out from the excitement.
ReplyDeleteRahm and S. Colbert together?
ReplyDeleteTits, you'd better have an emergency medical team standing by just in case.