Is the shit gonna fly and, if so, when and how much...?
glenn greenwald makes an exceptionally important point that we would all do very well to ponder...
i stopped doubting the lengths to which the current regime and their lackeys would go when i saw them smearing richard clarke, a man passionately devoted to his country and to ostensibly the same political agenda that they were... i then reluctantly came to the conclusion that i had been avoiding for some months: bushco has no desire for anything but raw, unobstructed power and they will get it and hold on to it by whatever means possible... they've managed to keep right on truckin' since then, while continuing to convince a hell of a lot of american citizens that they have their best interests at heart... now, with popular support disappearing faster than mist in the morning sun, anyone who thinks bushco is going to miraculously turn reasonable is smoking some powerful stuff... Submit To Propeller
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There is a palpable increase in the level of extremism and desperation among Bush followers as the Commander in Chief's approval ratings fall lower and lower and as the views which Americans have of both him and his party become more hostile. This is going to be a significant dynamic -- as their power slips further and further away, Bush followers are going to resort to increasingly radical and rage-fueled measures to keep it. Here are just a couple of illustrative examples in the past 24 hours:
(1) Paul at Powerline calls for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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(2) In a post condemning Feingold's censure resolution, Jeff Goldstein predicts that the U.S. is headed for another civil war -- at least he hopes so . . .
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George Bush's Presidency is disintegrating in front of our eyes. And the Republican Party which he has dominated and controlled for the last five years is extremely weak and fragile. But they are not going to just fade quietly into the night.
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There will be few limits on what many of them will be willing, and eager, to do in order to hold onto it. Removing dissident judges, imprisoning political opponents, and calling for a "civil war" is a nice start.
i stopped doubting the lengths to which the current regime and their lackeys would go when i saw them smearing richard clarke, a man passionately devoted to his country and to ostensibly the same political agenda that they were... i then reluctantly came to the conclusion that i had been avoiding for some months: bushco has no desire for anything but raw, unobstructed power and they will get it and hold on to it by whatever means possible... they've managed to keep right on truckin' since then, while continuing to convince a hell of a lot of american citizens that they have their best interests at heart... now, with popular support disappearing faster than mist in the morning sun, anyone who thinks bushco is going to miraculously turn reasonable is smoking some powerful stuff... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
3/17/2006
