A day like today is a wonderful trifecta of Bush incompetence. Hearings on the Walter Reed disaster, four former United States Attorneys Bush appointees testifying how they were pushed out under circumstances that can charitably be described as sketchy, and jury for Scooter Libby confirming what most of us thought, that the White House is paying the salary for some lying assholes.
Throughout the past 6 years or so, my friend Mike Schaffer and I have had some form of the following conversation:
One of Us: "Can you believe that now Bush has (been caught lying about intelligence in Iraq, stacking contracts for former oil buddies, allowing crazies to write policy, etc."
The Other: "It's amazing, this will definitely be the thing that shuts him down."
Needless to say, for the past 6 years none of those predictions/hopes came true. Yes, I know, November of 2006 was a wonderful time to watch the maps change from red to blue, but losing your majority isn't the same as having your associates frog marched by the US Marshals to jail. And, yes I know, this was only VP's chief of staff but one hopes that ball can roll pretty fast.
I am too young to actually remember the last Republican president who fell from grace thanks to paranoia, executive overreaching and bungled cover ups ((1)yes I am sure Reagan did all of those things, (2) no they never were proven enough to make him fall). My mom, however, says that when the indictments were coming down my dad threw my infant self up in the air over and over saying "guilty!" "guilty!" He's not around anymore, but I like to think he'd be doing that dance again with his grandson.
P.S. Dear Congressman Waxman,
There are now at least four former United States Attorneys who seem very upset about being pushed out of their jobs by this corrupt administration. You have subpoena power. During the Clinton impeachment stuff, my friend Efrem made the point that with $40 million and subpoena power, you can bring down anyone you want. Hire Iglesias, Lam, McKay and Cummins right now, they will make it worth your while.
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The one positive thing that I've noticed since 2000 is that while we're still stuck with Bush, with every revelation, more people open their eyes to what these people actually stand for (or rather, what they do not stand for) and are changing the tone of their conversations. It doesn't feel like much, but taken after all this time, momentum is building. Hopefully, our country is changing bit by bit. We just need more patience (something of which I'm in short supply) and we need to keep speaking out. Here's to 2008!
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