Reprehensible

Reprehensible

Dick Cheney channels Nat King Cole in an unforgettable rendition of the meaning of the word “reprehensible.”

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(Crooned to the tune of “Unforgettable,” that old Nat King Cole favorite, by Dick “Liar Liar Pants on Fire” Cheney)

Reprehensible–that word is for
Charges we misled our folks to war.
Like, despite the facts, I’d demagogue
Atta’s meeting with Iraq in Prague.
It still may have been. The facts are not in.

Reprehensible. It’s just a crime
Saying that a liar is what I’m.
Like, we talked of mushroom clouds to come
From the tubes made of aluminum.
For all that we knew, it might have been true.

Reprehensible! I’m just appalled
At the sort of names we’re being called.
Like we’d say they’d bought some yellowcake
Even when we knew that tale was fake.
Catching us is reprehensible too.

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