Former Bush A.G., Current Stand-Up Comic Mukasey tells Fort Hood joke on Washington Times Radio show

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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Mike Mukasey's Fort Hood Jokes: Too Soon?

Jason Linkins

First Posted: 11-18-09 10:43 AM | Updated: 11-18-09 11:15 AM



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/18/mike-mukaseys-fort-hood-j_n_362048.html

So, fill me in here: have we decided, as a culture, that now is the time to be making jokes about the Fort Hood shooting? By my reckoning, that avenue of japery currently fits squarely in the "Too Soon!" category. But as it turns out, Michael Mukasey, an ostensibly responsible individual who I am reliably informed was once Attorney General of the United States, is out there, yukking it up, riffing on this recent tragedy.

Yesterday morning, Mukasey was on Washington Times radio, when he was asked to respond to Representative Jim Moran's comments from a week ago, when he criticized opponents of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his 9/11 co-defendants in federal court. At the time, Moran said: "They will seize on any opportunity to demagogue, and that means they'll even take a stand that's un-American. It's un-American to hold anyone indefinitely without trial. It's against our principles as a nation."

And so, Mukasey brought the mad ha-has:

Q: Congressman Jim Moran of Virginia says anybody that questions KSM coming to New York City for a civilian trial -- that they're un-American. What is your reaction to that?

MUKASEY: I think he's lost touch with reality. He ought to get professional help, perhaps from Maj. Nidal.

[sarge43]

1. Stay classy, Mike. n/t

[monmouth]

2. Idiot.....n/t

[ProgressOnTheMove]

3. RULE OF LAW ! RULE OF LAW ! Just for fruitless impeachments though. No justice, no peace or ..

eventually democracy even. It's time for them to believe in the nations system of laws, how little belief do thay have in themselves with no we can't and now no system of ustice. Why do they believe chaos is better way of life.

[hmorehead]

4. What the Hell was he thinking?