{"id":3673,"date":"2005-03-05T10:01:30","date_gmt":"2005-03-05T15:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/3673.html"},"modified":"2005-03-05T10:01:30","modified_gmt":"2005-03-05T15:01:30","slug":"better-unplug-the-jingoistic-warmongering-and-do-us-all-a-favor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/better-unplug-the-jingoistic-warmongering-and-do-us-all-a-favor\/","title":{"rendered":"Better unplug the jingoistic warmongering and do us all a favor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Morbo<\/a><\/p>\n

Vice President Dick Cheney’s appearance at a late January memorial service at Auschwitz in a goofy green parka and knit hat sparked justifiable outrage. This was a solemn occasion, and here was Cheney looking like<\/a> he’d wandered in from the set of “Northern Exposure.” What’s worse, Morbo happens to know that Cheney once worked for Halliburton and could have afforded proper attire — a long dark wool coat, pearl-gray fedora, black leather gloves and a suitable muffler. Clown.<\/p>\n

Less has been said about Condoleezza Rice’s decision to visit U.S. troops at Wiesbaden Army Airfield in Germany Feb. 23 dressed in Klingon battle gear.<\/p>\n

Actually, a fashion writer for The Washington Post did comment<\/a> on Rice’s attire, speculating that it had dominatrix overtones. I see no need to go that far. Rice simply stole the look from 1980s glam rocker Adam Ant.<\/p>\n

Don’t take my word for it; see for yourself. Here’s Rice<\/a> and here’s Ant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With luck, Rice’s career will soon begin to parallel Mr. Ant’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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