January 2009
George Bush leaves the White House for the last time. The ranch in Crawford is sold and Texas is nearly instantaneously overgrown with brush. George moves back to Kennebunkport (why bother going to Paraguay?) and the payoffs he couldn't hide as President begin to roll in. Knowing the arrogance of the man, his ghostwritten book intended to seal his legacy as a Great War President follows shortly.
In the meantime, Iraq is still raging, Afghanistan is still an unholy mess and Darfur is still ignored...and Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind 9/11 is still free. These are now no longer Bush's problem. It is now Hillary's problem, or Barack's problem, or Edward's problem. As is the destroyed economy, the destroyed environment......and the destroyed and littered with Neo-con and Fundy moles American Government.
There is no Justice Dept. to speak of, it has been totally destroyed and discredited. Same with the FEC, FCC and every other regulatory agency that has been infiltrated and subverted by Bushco. The Patriot Act, The Military Commissions act and all the voting fraud actions are still in place. PERHAPS slightly modified by Leahy and Waxman et al.
Bush drops the drawl and sits on the porch of his palatial estate and drinks all day. Chortling, smirking and occasionally raising his middle finger to America, Iraq, Afghanistan....and Kyoto while laughing his ass off. At how stupid and gullible and ineffective they are for letting him get away with it.
Now watch this drive!
The media starts running retrospectives of his term in office that are just this side of glowing. While constantly attacking the current Democratic President and Congress for the HUGE mess the country and the world is in. George Bush's mess....he just signaled the servants for another drink and is considering another prank call. To Micael Moore this time with the usual..."nice try, fatso? Or another one to Al Gore or John Kerry to thank them for their Presidencies..it's a tough decision, hard work. Maybe after another round of golf or shot at learning to Segway.
Hil/John/Barack....pressured by the Left Wing blogs, issue a press release stating that this should be a time of unity and healing for America and that any form of indictment or investigation just "divide the nation further." In the interest of healing (iow, covering their asses)Gitmo is closed....after the prisoners are moved to a new, more discreet location...still without recourse to any real trials. They subtly and quietly refuse to roll back any of the Unitary Executive Powers. They consider who to wage war on next, which bills they should signing statement....and draw up a new list of people who should be electronically surveilled. They all know the HORRIBLE RISKS!!! involved in prosecuting Bush....now that he is out of their hair. Now that he is out of office they never refer to him....letting it all, the spying on Americans the torture, the years of calling them traitors, even the reasons for the wars fade into memory. ........Homeland Security does NOT remove the terror alert system. You still have to take your shoes off (???) at the airport. And hell. Even if the new Attorney General wanted to prosecute, the Justice Dept. is so neutered and corrupted and discredited it couldn't prosecute a jaywalking case with video from six different angles.
Russ Feingold and Dennis Kucinich introduce bills on the floor....and are laughed at and told we have too many (Bush created) pressing problems to worry about such a silly thing as justice and the Rule Of Law. The next elections are only two years away! Fundraising and positioning are the order of the day.
Iraq rages on....Afghanistan and Darfur continue to deteriorate into chaos.... and the waters rise.
Charges are brought in the World Court and the EU regarding the Secret Torture Prison Network. Bush laughs harder and raises BOTH middle fingers. A resolution is launched in the UN to prosecute for War Crimes ....and Bush falls out of his chair.
Dick Cheney goes back to controlling Halliburton directly...Abu Gonzales buys a lobbying firm on K Street, no one asks where he got the money.
In 20 years Bush is given a State Funeral and Praised as a Great Man.
In 25 years FOIA documents are unsealed and people are "shocked" at the level of illegality and corruption. In the meantime, yet another Republican has been elected President and people are saying how unrealistic and damaging it would be to impeach him.
And Iraq rages on......
If our Government does not impeach and prosecute George Bush before he leaves office...any other attempted prosecution of him will fail miserably, even if one is able to start. If our own government, the beacon of Freedom and Justice to the world refuses to hold him accountable, why should anyone else?
If we do not Impeach...George Bush gets off scott-free. Skates...cruises, betas the rap, flies the coop and laughs his way to the bank, as America slouches closer to totalitarianism and corruption as an accepted way of life.
And no, this is not about revenge, it is about Justice and a word quickly slipping into anachronism in American Politics....Accountability.
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Who Will Pay For These Crimes? by Maccabee
Quelling the Iran Bogeyman L C Johnson
Waxman: "Extensive Destruction" of White House Emails by MLDB
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Sept 21/Iraq Moratorium Day--It's Official! by ActivistGuy
Cheney Impeachment Watch by dlindorff