Keep in mind GK Chesterton,,,,,,,
"A thing may be too sad to be believed or too wicked to be believed or too good to be believed; but it cannot be too absurd to be believed in this plaet of frogs and elephants, of crocodiles and cuttle-fish."
The Bush administration constantly tests the limits of wicked and absurdity and Tom excuses it on the basis of cuttle-fish.
Publius