Organic Mutant

stolen from Think Progress:

Last night in an interview with Wolf Blitzer, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the president�s decision to authorize a warrantless domestic spying program:

The President spoke to this earlier and the Attorney General, who is, after all, the highest legal authority in the country, has spoken to this.

As any veteran of an 8th grade civics class can tell you, the highest legal authority in the country is the Supreme Court. Rice�s position illustrates the problem with this administration � the belief that the power of the executive is unchecked.

Now, I hate C-Rice as much as anybody. But up until recently, I kind of respected her ability to tell bald-faced lies with a certain amount of alacrity. It seems now that her ability to defend the indefensible has seriously faltered. Either her mental sickness is waning, or her script writer is on Christmas vacation already. Because, boy, she looks more like a moron with each passing interview. In case you missed it, on MTP this week, she was asked ‘what statute’ grants the Preznit with legal authority to spy on Americans? Her answer? “I’m not a lawyer.” Holy shit that is embarassing. Did I mention that she was National Security Advisor when Dear Leader first authorized these warrantless wiretaps?