So Many Republican Hypocrites, So Little Time

February 9, 2007 | SEND TO A FRIEND | GET EARLY NOTICE OF THE HOTW

L. Paul Bremer

Welcome back to the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

The Busheviks gave him the title of "Viceroy," as if he were representing a royal court in their rule over a distant land.

Come to think of it, that sounds about right for the Bush perspective on the role of Paul Bremer in serving as the White House ruler in Baghdad after Bush prematurely declared "mission accomplished" and that "major combat operations are over."

You remember Bremer. He was the guy running around in a blazer, tie, and pocket handkerchief, as if he were going off to the Yale Club for a martini. But he made a concession to being in a war zone by wearing combat boots. Kind of the apparel version of the schizophrenic Bushevik doctrine in Iraq.

Anyway, it now turns out that he oversaw the disappearance of some $12 billion. That's right, Bremer just let $12 billion be given out to the Iraqis without any accountability whatsoever.

Before a congressional hearing, Bremer shrugged it off as if he couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. Besides he had to pay off ghost payrollers so that the Iraqis wouldn't get too upset. He did a real fine job in that task, didn't he? Did he think he was working for the City of Chicago Water Department?

Bremer penned a "memoir" of his "Viceroy" days that quickly moved to the sale bins. It was entitled, "My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope."

Uh, with at least 1/3 of the rebuilding contracts under criminal investigation and countless more yet to be looked at, it looks like Bremer was building a future of corruption.

And for that effort, he merits being named the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

Until next week, remember our motto: So many Republican hypocrites, so little time.

Catch up with you soon.