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The country isn't as dumb as they thought it was. Anymore. They might have given Bush the benefit of the doubt in 2002-03, when 9/11 was still a fresh wound. But now after 4 1/2 years of a disastrous war almost everyone now knows was unnecessary, your average fairly inattentive American isn't inclined to give Bush and Cheney the benefit of the doubt anymore. Maybe the benefit of a boot in the tuchus, though our "leaders" won't allow that.
Richard Woolf said last night on Countdown that sanctions against Iran had pretty much failed, with the USSR not intending to cooperate, and Germany particularly recalcitrant. How much more likely now, when not even the American government believes Bush's lies?
Democrats should launch a new round of hearings on why the NIE was stalled so long, what preliminary findings were presented to Bush and Cheney, and where the support for earlier bellicose claims came from. The inevitable stonewalling from the White House would at least put them back on the defensive, and would put Republican officeholders and candidates in yet another uncomfortable position. Will they be that smart?
Hanoi didn't break John McCain, but Washington did.
by Dallasdoc on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 01:14:27 PM PDT
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the question I have is whether the D's are going to do what your last paragraph says.
It is a slam dunk that they should....
Why John W. McCain is an unstable, crazy, angry, clueless, hypocritical, lying, pandering douche.
by clammyc on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 01:16:45 PM PDT
Our favored critters and Senators might need a few faxes dropped in their inboxes suggesting such an approach. The more time the Bushies spend dodging Congressional subpoenas, the less mischief they're likely to get into abroad.
by Dallasdoc on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 01:21:38 PM PDT
I'm pretty sure that the NYT won't push for it. For reasons that I still can't fathom, there's a real reluctance to call these people what they clearly are. I occasionally wonder what this WH would have to do for Beltway insiders to acknowledge what kind of people they really are.
Some men see things as they are and ask why. I see things that never were and ask why not?
by RFK Lives on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 02:27:53 PM PDT
The Village idiots will never fully turn on the Bush crowd, not while they're still in office. A quiet consensus will possibly emerge a few years after they're comfortably settled in cushy private jobs, but it'll all be old news by then, so why bring it up now?
by Dallasdoc on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 03:00:08 PM PDT
The only person who is prepared to take advantage of a slam dunk is Dennis Kuchinich, and he is far too short for that....
The Prince of Peace has been usurped by the God of War.
by Spoc42 on Thu Dec 06, 2007 at 05:15:04 AM PDT
it's a matter of misplaced priorities and too many problems to settle on just one. It's wildfire-fighting season down there -- the investigative crews with the committees put out one, and two more pop up. Congress has a bad case of ADHD and is constantly turning from one problem to the next, all the while sidetracked by process issues, and there are more real-world problems than you can shake a stick at. Focus? What the hell is that?
Don't get me wrong -- this is absolutely a Number One Priority, at least from where I sit. But they're so busy trying to repair the institutions of Congress and of the agencies so the federal government works again that they can't get to the root cause of our problems -- Bush and Cheney. Impeaching those two crooks would solve a lot of problems, or at least make it easier to fix the problems. But they are in it so deep that they can't see it. They need a dose of political Ritalin.
"Fighting Fascism is Always Cool." -- Amsterdam Weekly, volume three, issue 18 (-8.50, -7.23)
by Noor B on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 02:51:55 PM PDT
from that dick, Cheney, who met with the Saudis right after the election in 2006. Surely, he was assuring them that a war with Iran would go forward, despite the new Congress. As promised to their conspirators-in-arms, Bush and Cheney are doing what the Saudis want most - launching a war on Iran, their most dreaded enemies in the Middle East.
by Little Lulu on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 02:53:35 PM PDT
It would be nice to see Congress dig in to find the new Curveballs and yellowcake lies before we're at war this time, though, don't you think?
by Dallasdoc on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 02:58:28 PM PDT
f'ng lying bastards. Just sayin'...
by Little Lulu on Wed Dec 05, 2007 at 04:45:40 PM PDT
wide narrow
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