it's about time something like this was front-paged on kos... i have nothing against daily kos... i visit the site numerous times during an average day... i have, however, been consistently disappointed at the "head-in-the-sand" stance of the major front-pagers regarding the grave constitutional crisis the country faces... yes, it is critically important that there be a strong focus on supporting good, people-powered, grassroots and netroots candidates to help insure that this kind of governmental criminality never happens again, but, the fact remains, it is STILL happening, and the most important thing for the nation right now is to get it to STOP while we still have a country left... reading the kos front page is too often like reading the racing form or sitting in a casino sports book... i take this post by kagro x as a sign some people are starting to wake up...For the balance of this "administration," then, and for the foreseeable future, the serious prosecution of public corruption may be all but impossible. And that is the true measure of the gravity of this crime.
But the crime is more than just a grave one, it is also evidence of a depravity not seen since Nixon. Veteran watchers of Karl Rove's operations will instantly recognize his infamous m.o. in all of this: make your own weakness a strength, and accuse the opposition of doing precisely what you're actually doing behind the scenes. While Republican corruption was running rampant, Rove's machinations made it appear that it was actually Democratic corruption that was the problem. While Republicans at the federal level were literally looting the Treasury, handing out bricks of cash in Iraq, laundering Abramoff's "lobbying" fees, forcing through illegal redistricting plans, jamming phone lines on election day, suppressing the minority vote, etc., Republican prosecutors were digging for any scraps they could find to use against their political opposition at the local level, where they hoped no one would connect the dots, but which would still have a corrosive effect on the public perception of Democrats. And when Republicans were caught in the act, as DeLay was, what was the first thing he accused the Democratic District Attorney of? Conducting a "partisan witch hunt."
The long term effects of this scandal are incalculable.
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Heads must roll, and they must roll in numbers.
these heads have needed to roll for a very long time... the lies, the outright crimes, the shredding of the u.s. constitution, and the destruction of the very fabric of the united states have been there for all to see for six-plus years... we have to stop it now...Labels: Alberto Gonzales, Daily Kos, Democrats, Jack Abramoff, Kagro X, Karl Rove, Republicans, Richard Nixon, Tom DeLay, US Attorneys
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