Mitchell spread out his hands. “My apologies to you all. I can’t speak for the government here. The president spoke on TV last night about these questions—” “What’re you afraid of? There aren’t any reporters here.” “I heard that Congress is going to impeach him. If that happens, that’s the end for you Democrats.” “The Republican leader promised on TV last night that if they come to power, they’ll let kids play with all of the army, air force, and navy’s big boys.”