The Strange Silence at WhiteHouse.gov [View All]

Dick Cheney has taken charge of the Social Security Demolition Derby while Georgie hides from the fundies relaxes in Crawford. Regular readers know that I've been poring over the White House transcripts of Chimpy's Social Security road show for the past couple of months.

Funny thing, though - Cheney did two Baboon-a-palooza events yesterday, one in Battle Creek, Michigan, and a second in Pittsburgh, but the White House as of 8AM CST has not posted transcripts from either event.

So I turned to local press coverage of the two events and soon found out why the White House is holding onto those transcripts. Big Time Dick is getting blasted by both the local press and his hand-picked audiences.

Unlike Dear Leader, when Cheney does a Social Security "town hall" meeting he allows audience members to ask him questions instead of placing "regular folks" on stage with him for well-rehearsed exchanges on the evils of Social Security. Turns out that was a huge mistake on Dick's part.

Read on. . .

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