Remember me, at Halloween

Julie Myers, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement or (ICE) got in some trouble this week after she hosted a Halloween fundraiser where a white man attended wearing dreadlocks, a prison uniform, and skin bronzer, dressed as, I’m guessing, the subject of Rudy Giuliani’s next campaign commercial.

So, a guy goes in blackface to an administration fundraiser, somehow avoids getting racially profiled and summarily arrested, imprisoned, and tortured, and then his coworkers claim that they were offended. And here is the best actual line in response to the little flareup by an ICE spokeswoman: "Most people in the room didn't realize he was wearing make-up at all."

Meanwhile, the White House hosted its own Halloween party. Here are some of the highlights:

Vice President Cheney played his strengths and dressed as a sexy girl Scout:

Former Speaker of the House and High School wrestling coach Denny Hastert went against type and came as The Stay Puft Marshmallow man:

President Bush went a little esoteric and went as a photo op gone awry:

And Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff went as himself