There are all kinds of compelling reasons to get the Bushes out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. sooner rather than later. Saving lives otherwise wasted, violated, destroyed or merely treated with contempt has got to be priority one. Saving the Constitution and the great country it created probably is number two, followed closely by beginning to heal our planet and protect its future.
But somewhere on that list is the chance to restore sanity, reason, respect and solutions to our public discourse. In so doing, we also remove a huge burden from all of us: having our intelligence routinely insulted by this administration, and most importantly the complicit, craven and stupid media who do their bidding. If I have one bone to pick with Bill Moyers, it's that he wouldn't just come right out and say "You know, Tim, in reviewing what was said at the time and what has actually happened, would you be prepared to admit, at least, that, in retrospect, the statements of you and your colleagues were, even if honestly unaware how they played into the White House's plan, shockingly inaccurate, unrealistic and occasionally just plain stupid?"
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