Dubya as a stand up comedian

I was much taken by the Great Leader’s decision to unburden himself over the removal of the threat to the Liberty Building / Library Building / Bank Building in LA.

Apparently the “evil” Islamosfascist bomber was going to blow off his feet, hobble into the cockpit (if it was still there …. To calculate the blast impact of home made shoe bombs in a pressurised plane on strengthened steel doors is a trifle …er..tricky), over power the pilots etc., etc.,… well you’ve seen the rest on late night TV too often.

The old Hotfoot trick heh ? Reminds me of Hotfoot Harry in the Damon Runyon Stories ( featured in the film Bloodhounds on Broadway).

Do they sincerely expect us to believe this fucking nonsense ?

Fortunately (and perhaps surprisingly because Gannon wasn't about, the White House Press Corps even thought to question "Stumpy's" MO.

Q Scott, I wanted to just ask a follow-up about the LA plot. Is there something missing from this story, a practical application, a few facts? Because if you want to commandeer a plane and fly it into a tower, if you used shoe bombs, wouldn't you blow off the cockpit? Or is there something missing from this story?

MR. McCLELLAN: I don't know what you're referring to about missing. I mean, I think we provided you a detailed briefing earlier today about the plot. And Fran Townsend, our Homeland Security Advisor, talked about it. So I'm not sure what you're suggesting it.

Q Think about it, if you're wearing shoe bombs, you either blow off your feet or you blow off the front of the airplane.

MR. McCLELLAN: There was a briefing for you earlier today. I think that's one way to look at it. There are a lot of ways to look at it, and she explained it earlier today, Alexis, so I would refer you very much back to what she said, what she said earlier today.

The intel pros didn't think much of the way the Great Leader told it either.