How will Bush and his inner circle behave when cornered?
both robert parry and juan cole share their perspectives... first, juan cole plays the little game, "all right, not all right," "all right," of course, referring to those on bushco's "side..."
under cover of the bogus "unitary executive" concept, bush and his criminal cronies are reaching for nothing more and nothing less than absolute power...
and, unless some glorious deus ex machina intervenes, it looks like we're in for a pitched battle...
as difficult as it may be to swallow, americans had better start facing the fact that representative democracy in the united states effectively ended with the december 12, 2000, supreme court decision that handed the presidency to george w. bush... then, once that is gagged down, we better start figuring out what the hell to do about it... i, for one, don't believe that the 2006 elections are going to fix it, even if a miracle happens and the dems take back both the house and the senate... Submit To Propeller
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but, it's no game we're playing here, as robert parry so succinctly points out...
- All right: Karl Rove
- Not all right: Mary McCarthy
- Not all right: Larry Franklin
- All right: Condi Rice
- Maybe all right: Steven Rosen,, Keith Weissman and AIPAC
Bush and his team – faced with plunging poll numbers and cascading disclosures of wrongdoing – appear determined to punish and criminalize resistance to their regime.
That is the significance of recent threats from the administration and its supporters who bandy about terms like sedition, espionage and treason when referring to investigative journalists, government whistle-blowers and even retired military generals – critics who have exposed Executive Branch illegalities, incompetence and deceptions.
under cover of the bogus "unitary executive" concept, bush and his criminal cronies are reaching for nothing more and nothing less than absolute power...
Bush is trying to mark the boundaries of permissible political debate. He also wants total control of classified information so he can leak the information that helps him – as he did in summer 2003 to shore up his claims about Iraq’s WMD – while keeping a lid on secrets that might make him look bad.
and, unless some glorious deus ex machina intervenes, it looks like we're in for a pitched battle...
The other signal to Bush’s critics, however, is this: If they ever thought he and his administration would accept accountability for their alleged abuses of power without a nasty fight, those critics are very mistaken.
as difficult as it may be to swallow, americans had better start facing the fact that representative democracy in the united states effectively ended with the december 12, 2000, supreme court decision that handed the presidency to george w. bush... then, once that is gagged down, we better start figuring out what the hell to do about it... i, for one, don't believe that the 2006 elections are going to fix it, even if a miracle happens and the dems take back both the house and the senate... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
4/24/2006
