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Official Washington is abuzz today about news that Lewis ‘Scooter‘ Libby may have had permission from President George Bush to release previously-classified information about Saddam Hussein’s efforts to buy uranium. According to prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, Vice President Dick Cheney sought and received permission from the president to allow Libby to leak part of a top-secret National Intelligence Estimate. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said today that the new evidence is “alarming.” He called for an investigation to “find out exactly when Bush began telling Cheney what to do.”
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who last week struck a Capitol Hill police officer while running a security check point, would be allowed to remain in Congress under the terms of a new immigration reform bill. Even though she entered the Capitol illegally, the bill would treat McKinney as a guest lawmaker until the next Congressional election. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist defended this latest compromise measure saying, “the state of Georgia needs Cynthia McKinney to do the work that, apparently, no legal American citizen is willing to do.”
The United States will not seek a seat on the new United Nations Human Rights Council, according to U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, who said the application for the post included the question: “Have you stopped beating your prisoners?”
The new Hamas-led Palestinian government is broke and can’t make payroll. A spokesman for Bank of Israel immediately offered to extend what it called a homeland-equity line-of-credit.
And finally, the Christian world was rocked today by the release of the recently translated Gospel of Judas. The document proves that the disciple who betrayed Christ was actually the Lord’s pet and the only one who truly understood and obeyed His master’s plan. Christian book stores expect a flood of customers for the new gospel, and are already selling handcuff bracelets with the inscription WWJD: “What Would Judas Do?”
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1 Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com » Leaks or DeClassified? // Apr 7, 2006 at 12:41 pm
[…] Update: So are you still confused: Scott Ott of Scrappleface has the following parody wrap-up: Bush Leak Raises Chain-of-Command Questions Official Washington is abuzz today about news that Lewis ‘Scooter‘ Libby may have had permission from President George Bush to release previously-classified information about Saddam Hussein’s efforts to buy uranium. According to prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, Vice President Dick Cheney sought and received permission from the president to allow Libby to leak part of a top-secret National Intelligence Estimate. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said today that the new evidence is “alarming.” He called for an investigation to “find out exactly when Bush began telling Cheney what to do.” […]
2 Traction Control » Blog Archive » Headline Summaries: Border Security // Apr 7, 2006 at 7:33 pm
[…] Bush Leak Raises Chain-of-Command Questions […]
3 Pros and Cons » Breaking news make news seem broken! // Apr 7, 2006 at 9:58 pm
[…] UPDATE: So does Scot Ott. See here for more “leak” news, a McKinney/immigration bonus, Hamas financial troubles and asks “What Would Judas Do?” […]
4 Kerfuffles // Apr 7, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Charm School Drop-out
Those were the public words of an aggrieved and disrespected member of Congress, and standing beside her to prove her indictment of the offending police officer were an over-the-hill former Calypso crooner and a popular black Hollywood actor.
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5 Cigar Intelligence Agency » Blog Archive » Morning Roundup // Apr 10, 2006 at 11:59 am
[…] I haven’t been by Scrappleface in a while. Scott has changed his format somewhat with every post also being a podcast now. Fun stuff, great political satire. […]
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