Kevin Drum hits a homerun

on Dick Cheney's recent outburst at a CIA briefer who pointed out to Das Vice Fuhrer that Saddam Hussein had not materially supported al-Zarqawi, contrary to the echo chamber's fear mongering talking points. Cheney's reaction after hearing this?

Cheney reacted with fury, screaming at the briefer that CIA was trying to get John Kerry elected by contradicting the president's stance that Saddam had supported terrorism and therefore needed to be overthrown.

Kevin Drum, at The Washington Monthly:

"You can't excise a cancer if you spend your time screaming at the lab because the biopsy report isn't what you expected. Why would anyone think that Bush and Cheney can successfully fight terrorism if they willfully refuse to understand the true nature of the threat?"