I'm willing to call a spade a spade, and one of the things that has been frustrating me about the American political process lately has been the Democratic Party.
Or lack thereof.
Watching them try to make this work is like watching a whore on crystal meth have sex: wild and all over the place.
Here's a party that is up against the wall because they have a majority nowhere at the highest level, and they can't figure out how to work together. Think about this -- Sen. Hillary Clinton is by far their best candidate for president in 2008, and she's basically said she doesn't want to run.
I'm willing to call a spade a spade, and one of the things that has been frustrating me about the American political process lately has been the Democratic Party.
Or lack thereof.
Watching them try to make this work is like watching a whore on crystal meth have sex: wild and all over the place.
Here's a party that is up against the wall because they have a majority nowhere at the highest level, and they can't figure out how to work together. Think about this -- Sen. Hillary Clinton is by far their best candidate for president in 2008, and she's basically said she doesn't want to run.
She's a pretty good Senator, and I would probably vote for her for President, but most of America wouldn't. They want a moderate.
She isn't.
And can you name another Democratic leader that wouldn't look as ridiculous as former Paul S. Simon running for president with his "I can't dress myself without looking stupid" bowties?
Me neither.
Let's start with Iraq. They complain about the lack of direction or plan in the Iraqi conflict (It's not a war, because we haven't declared war), yet those idiots like Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Nancy Pelosi don't provide one. If I were in their position, I'd make up a plan and present it to the media, because the New York Times is obviously smelling blood in the water, the Washington Post needs something to do, and Rolling Stone needs filler other than Cindy Sheenan because I never want to see her in that magazine again.
The Times has to do something, because they have very little credibility left, and getting a president impeached would make great street cred to get subscriptions up.
All it takes is 500 pages of documentation with long sentences and incoherent thoughts like most federal documents, a press conference covering the talking points of the pullout (the press isn't going to read the document because they're lazy, so the content could be from the Las Cruces, New Mexico phone book), and now you're wacking GeeDub with a big stick.
Bush lied about the intelligence thing, yet no one from the Democratic Party pointed it out how he lied. Everyone and their mother knows that Bush said Congress had looked at the same intelligence he did, but Bush also looked at a lot more intelligence because of his super secret double special probabtion clearance. Consquentially, there's probably a good chance Bush and company knew the intelligence was inaccurate.
All George had to do was go on television and tell everyone that it was his fault that the intelligence was bad, but it was still the right thing do because the terrorists have condos in Baghdad, and everyone will be okay.
Two issues:
- We knew the intelligence was bad after the fact, but the issue is that intelligence was bad and George and Dick knew it.
- The terrorists are tourists visiting Iraq and were in Afganistan, and have never had a true Iraqi connection.
Opps.
While Iraq will have a democratically-elected government (which is a good thing, commendable and has created a rash of purple fingers throughout the country), the successors are turning out to be others than those handpicked by Bush Administration.
There's a pretty good chance that we're going to have to go in there again when Exxon and the Saudi's need more oil.
There are several hundred enemy combatants imprisoned on a U.S. Armed Force Base not on U.S. soil, and they might as well be senior citizens that don't have Medicare. Think about this: the U.S. Government has detained prisoners without giving them due process, and some of the prisoners happen to be U.S. citizens.
As Bush said, "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper!"
Would you want to be taken away for no reason other than your skin happens to be the wrong shade? Wouldn't you want your representatives to fight for your rights? Wouldn't you want some kind of judicial oversight?
No more needs to be said. In fact, the Sen. John McCain bill going through Congress actually adds limits to the prisoners' rights, some rights that were actually granted to them by a conservative Supreme Court. They won't torture you anymore, but you won't be heard from again. Ever.
So much for due process. So much for legislative oversight. So much for the media paying attention.
George Bush has expanded presidential powers with the U.S. Constitution to those fabulous gray areas that border impeachment, and all the Democrats can think about is getting home for Christmas. The American people would buy gifts for them all after the fact if they stayed in Washington and got down to the bottom of this whole wiretap thing. One judge of the secret court has already resigned, and I'm sure there going to more resignations of disguist to come.
Those Republicans, as tenacious as they are, waited six years until they brought up impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton over what basically boiled down to a couple of cigars and a slightly moist intern, and all they really got him on was that he didn't think a blow job was actually oral sex. That's why they call it "oral sex", Bill.
Anyhoo, if he has violated the law, it should be quicker than Watergate because Nixon never actually came out and said anything, while GeeDub basically said on national television, "Not only did I do it, but I'm going to continue doing it. So nyah!"
Is that like an invitation for abuse, or what?
What to do? What to do?
Who's driving the bus? Rep. Loretta Sanchez? Rep. Nancy Pelosi? Sen. Ted Kennedy with a bourbon in his hand near a lake?
Pelosi's the leader in the House of Representatives, and it's up to her to herd the cats. Judging by hercurrent effectiveness, she couldn't manage a lemonade stand, because she would want agreement on how to make lemonade, and then would require the proper recipe for ice.
Those pesky Republicans earned their way back into office, and are reaping the spoils (read: record profits for Halliburton and the oil companies, and cushy consulting work for Michael Brown). The Democrats have dropped the ball during one of the most controversial presidencies in the last 40 years, and it's up to the media (the media!) to call out what's going on. Some of the situations are more comparable to batting practice pitches, and all we hear is "Bush is bad" but we don't hear why.
Is there anyone home, Howard Dean?