Joseph Stromberg sends this alarming item from Slate:
“Cheney violated the Bush administration’s policy of never saying the e-word in a Christmas card he and his wife sent out to various supporters and important Washingtonians. (Chatterbox did not receive one.) Along with their best wishes for this holiday season, the Cheneys included the following quotation from Benjamin Franklin:
“‘And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?'”
11:58 am on December 18, 2003
