{"id":270,"date":"2004-06-03T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2004-06-03T23:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=270"},"modified":"2006-01-14T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2006-01-14T14:43:24","slug":"i-bet-i-outlive-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-bet-i-outlive-you","title":{"rendered":"“I bet I outlive you!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was thinking about George Tenet’s resignation<\/a> today. It struck me as weird timing. I mean, yeah, it came years too late, but it seems to be awfully odd that it happens just now, with the election impending.<\/p>\n

But then it hit me! He wasn’t caving into pressure! He was waiting!<\/p>\n

George Tenet is Bart Giamatti<\/a> to Ahmad Chalabi’s Pete Rose!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was thinking about George Tenet’s resignation today. It struck me as weird timing. I mean, yeah, it came years too late, but it seems to be awfully odd that it happens just now, with the election impending. But then it hit me! He wasn’t caving into pressure! He was waiting! George Tenet is Bart … <\/p>\n

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