Does your watch tell you what year it is?

I don't take sides. I just report on absurdities. Here's an Alice-in-Wonderland moment from a recent White House press briefing:

Q: But when you have a former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, now saying that waterboarding was used—since you're saying the interrogations were legal; he’s saying on the record now, waterboarding was used in at least one case. You’re saying waterboarding is legal?

PRESS SECRETARY DANA PERINO: Ed, I’m saying I’m not commenting on any specific technique. I’m not commenting on that gentleman’s characteristics of any possible technique. I’ve given you a very general statement about interrogations being legal, limited and—

Q: You just said it was legal.

MS. PERINO: I’m sorry?

Q: You said it was within the legal framework.

MS. PERINO: Yes.

Q: Everything that was done.

MS. PERINO: Yes.

Q: So waterboarding is legal.

MS. PERINO: I'm not commenting on any specific techniques.

While we're having a giggle, here's a nugget from the 2000 Republican Party Platform:

The rule of law, the very foundation for a free society, has been under assault, not only by criminals from the ground up, but also from the top down. An administration that lives by evasion, coverup, stonewalling, and duplicity has given us a totally discredited Department of Justice. The credibility of those who now manage the nation's top law enforcement agency is tragically eroded. We are fortunate to have its dedicated career workforce, especially its criminal prosecutors, who have faced the unprecedented politicization of decisions regarding both personnel and investigations...

Oh, don't worry. When the other guys win I'll be all over them.

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Please let me know if you will or will not be playing hoops at St. John's on Saturday. We tip off at 8:00 a.m., as usual.