Jeebus, when they last thawed Shooter out, did one of the cryogenic technicians on call in the "VIP Container" accidentally knock one of the dials into the red zone before the ceremonial decanting? Because it sounds like Big Time's undead brain tissues are getting a little mushy:

After nine days of almost completely ignoring the small pool of reporters who diligently followed him around through seven countries, Vice President Cheney yesterday finally agreed to a short group interview. But only on one condition: The reporters would have to agree not to tell anyone that the person they talked to was him.

Cheney's insistence on being identified as a "senior administration official" -- even when the transcript shows he spoke in the first person -- is in some ways laughably trivial.

Well, look, let's try to show a little charity, here. Could it be that Cheney, when he recovers consciousness after the rigors of the the cryogenic vat, simply can't remember his own name?

Or possibly, Dick--like so many other members of the administration--thinks he's God, and so, as "Yahweh" putatively requires his acolytes to write "YHWH" instead of the sacred name, Cheney requires them to write "a senior administration official."

Next week, the Cheneygrammaton: CHNY.

Anyhow, there are many extremely plausible explanations for all this that don't involve brain damage, or massive stress, or the results of a stroke we haven't been told about.

And I blame The Clenis.

NOTE Glenn, as usual, uses longer and better words.