Salahi Sandwich
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:15AM 
Tareq and Michaele Salahi with Vice President Joe Biden"There isn't anyone that would have the audacity or the poor behavior to do that....no one would do that, and certainly not us," said Michaele Salahi of the accusation that she and her husband, Tareq, had crashed the Obamas' state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The denials, made on this morning's Today show during an interview with Matt Lauer, evoked similar protestations of innocence by Richard Heene, father of the so-called Balloon Boy. "That's horrible," replied Heene, in response to a question about whether the boy's mid-October "disappearance" had been staged as a publicity stunt. The indignation in his voice as he clutched his son Falcon was palpable. As if to say, You should be ashamed for asking such a question! How could you even think something like that after all we've been through today? Indeed. How could we?
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice....