Posted on 03/06/2007 11:14:05 AM PST by Lucky9teen
(2007-03-06) Former vice presidential aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby, convicted today of four counts of lying to federal investigators about a law that he didnt break, said he feels very badly that Vice President Dick Cheney now faces up to 30 years in federal prison, and President George Bush will be impeached.
I know that this case wasnt about me, or even about Valerie Plame, said Mr. Libby, so I dont take it personally. But Dick Cheney and George Bush are fine men and I hate to see them suffer.
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald celebrated the jurys verdict as a vindication of the American legal system.
Its a good lesson to our children that we are a nation of laws, said Mr. Fitzgerald, and when serious charges are made about laws that havent been broken by high-ranking officials, justice demands that someone be convicted of something, and that someone goes to jail.
Mr. Fitzgerald, asked what he would do now that the trial is over, said, Im going to Disney World to give Snow White an opportunity to perjure herself.
Man...this is clever LOL :)
Too much time on your hands, young lady?
YOU SCARED ME!
.....you forgot the part where new Pres. Pelosi sells the U.S. back to England, France and Mexico......
This is funny? I do think it's clever in that it makes fun of the REAL meaning behind this silly verdict, but I didn't even crack a smile.
Yes, I found the satire to be funny....because it's so close to the truth and Scott Ott pegged it right on.
I guess we have different senses of humor.
Does it count as satire if the majority of DU is saying the same thing?
Yes, this counts as dark humor, no question about it.
Satire usually has a very definite target which may be a person or group of people, an idea or attitude, an institution or a social practice. In any case the target is held up to a ridicule that is often quite merciless, and sometimes very angry; ideally in the hope of shaming it into reform. A very common, almost defining feature of satire is a strong vein of irony or sarcasm, in fact satirical writing or drama very often professes to approve values that are the diametric opposite of what the writer actually wishes to promote. Parody, burlesque, exaggeration and double entendre are all devices frequently used in satirical speech and writing but it is strictly a misuse of the word to describe as "satire" works without an ironic (or sarcastic) undercurrent of mock-approval, and an element at least of anger.
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