Political analysis
As the Wheels Fall Off...
- By Barking Dingo
- April 01, 2007
Not only is the bus George Bush is driving heading straight over a cliff, but it somehow has its wheels falling off at the same time. The question is, do all the wheels come off and the Bush administration becomes irrelevant prior to it going over the cliff, or is there enough momentum to carry the bus over the cliff regardless?
The U.S. prosecutor scandal continues to unravel in front of our eyes and the web of lies grows by the truck load. Ironically, one of the aides to Alberto Gonzalez will invoke her civil liberties (the 5th amendment) and choose not to answer questions in front of congress on the grounds that she might incriminate herself, while at the same time, advancing the Bush administrations claim that no other person may seek the benefit of the constitution when it comes to trials, right to privacy, etc, etc, etc… Why not classify her as an enemy combatant? That way the same “interrogation” rules can be used on her to get the answers as they use in Gitmo. I suspect that this aide will crack once the first drop of water from her water boarding session hits her forehead. It amazes me that the people who do there best to discard the constitution are the first to invoke its protections once the heat is on them instead of the Quaker prayer groups that they are eavesdropping on.
At the same time, Gonzalez was caught in more lies over the weekend as the justice department released more documents to the congress. It turns out that despite claiming that he never read anything or attended any meetings in regards to the firing of the 8 U.S. prosecutors, Gonzalez did in fact attend meeting and read memos on the Rove/Meires scheme to install more lap dogs in the Justice department. If there is one person in the entire Bush administration that needs (and I emphasize needs) to be on the up and up, it is the Attorney General. We expect the president to play partisan games. We expect the congress to play partisan games. But the entire judicial system, from the judges to the prosecutors must be of the highest level of non-partisanship in order for this entire thing we call democracy to work.
The administration flaunting of the legal system, as well as democracy itself has even got a Republican Senator talking about the possibility of impeachment. Chuck Hagel came right out and said that this administration views its self as a monarchy. If a man that is elected to represent the “people” is no longer responsive to those people, he has lost the legitimacy of leadership.
This administration began its self destructive path a long time ago. The only question is will it destroy itself before it also destroys us?
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“But the entire judicial system, from the judges to the prosecutors must be of the highest level of non-partisanship in order for this entire thing we call democracy to work.”
This has never been the case in the history of the United States. U. S. Attorneys work at “the pleasure” of the President. They have always been ‘Political Appointees” subject to removal without recourse.
The present brouhaha over the removal of some U. S. Attorneys by the Bush administration is pure politics. Having won control over the Congress the Democrats are using the power of investigation to embarrass their enemies. Gonzales, caught up in the feeding frenzy, has not handled it well. Other Bush appointees have done a better job.
The Republicans did the same thing to the Clinton administration. It’s all in the political game.
The hyperventilating over the patriot act, water boarding and the rest is either satire or the paranoia exhibited by “The $100 Billion Globaloney-Warming money grab”
This same hysteria was prevalent during the Vietnam War. The Zeitgeist of the time was the “MAN” was on the verge of turning America into the 4th Reich. It was bovine scatology then and it’s bovine scatology now.
600 days ago by James E. Fish