Another terrific opinion by Molly:
Creator's Syndicate - 12/28/05
For those of you who have forgotten just what a stonewall paranoid Nixon was, the poor man used to stalk around the White House demanding that his political enemies be killed. Many still believe there was a certain Richard III grandeur to Nixon's collapse because he was also a man of notable talents. There is neither grandeur nor tragedy in watching this president, the Testy Kid, violate his oath to uphold the laws and Constitution of our country.
More gems below...
The Testy Kid wants to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it because he is the president, and he considers that sufficient justification for whatever he wants. He even finds lawyers like John Yoo, who tell him that whatever he wants to do is legal.
The creepy part is the overlap. Damned if they aren't still here, after all these years, the old Nixon hands -- Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, the whole gang whose yearning for authoritarian government rose like a stink over the Nixon years. Imperial executive. Bring back those special White House guard uniforms. Cheney, like some malignancy that cannot be killed off, back at the same old stand, pushing the same old crap.
God she's GOOD! Makes my skin crawl just reading that.
And because I can't quote but one more paragraph (but gonna sneak in two), I'll sum up with the ending:
Folks, we KNOW this program is being and will be misused. We know it from the past record and current reporting. The program has already targeted vegans and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- and, boy, if those aren't outposts of al-Qaida, what is? Could this be more pathetic?
This could scarcely be clearer. Either the president of the United States is going to have to understand and admit he has done something very wrong, or he will have to be impeached. The first time this happened, the institutional response was magnificent. The courts, the press, the Congress all functioned superbly. Anyone think we're up to that again? Then whom do we blame when we lose the republic?
And if you have the time, she's done another piece about the
federal minimum wage that's well worth the read as well, and even a diary.
Update [2005-12-31 12:29:35 by Terre]: If you'd like to email Molly with your warm praises and/or a "tiny" admonishment (to those that take issue with the fact that she should have said "wrong" = "resign"), you can do so via their
email webform. An invitation for her to join us here at Daily Kos (as has been suggested) is a terrific idea!