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"Harry Hope" |
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22 Mar 2007 08:57:48 PM |
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Why Bush's Attorney Scandal Standoff is Doomed to Political Failure. |
http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/more.php?page=opinion&id=1484
March 22nd, 2007
It's All About Context - Why Bush's Attorney Scandal Standoff is
Doomed to Political Failure
A. Alexander,
Nearly everything in life is about context.
So let's put into context Mister Bush's latest heel-digging-in, "know
ya'are but whattam'I" pitch-o-fit with the Democrats and see why it is
doomed to political failure.
The President and his Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, lied to
Congress and the American people as to why several federal prosecutors
were fired.
The administration claimed the attorneys were released for doing a
poor job, but White House communication records revealed that Mister
Bush and his people fired the attorney's for failing to be
sufficiently 'loyal Bushies'.
They just weren't willing enough to create fake charges and hang them
on Democrats.
And, contrary to FOX News' insistence, the administration's
manipulation of America's justice system does matter.
Honestly, what could possibly be more important than the rule of law?
Even most Congressional Republicans acknowledge that George W. Bush's
administration, including the Attorney General, supposedly the
nation's top law enforcement official, lied to Congress and the
American people.
The reality and the facts are indisputable.
And therein lies the rub - oh, and the context.
Despite the President and Attorney General's truth deficiencies,
Mister Bush tried to swindle a sweet deal for Karl Rove, i.e. to have
him testify off-the-record and in private.
Of course, having been told lie after lie Democrats smelled a rat...an
attempt by the White House to avoid having to tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Mister Bush and the 'loyal Bushies' are trying to justify their stance
by pretending to have -- by dumping 3,000 pages of information --
cooperated with Congress in an unprecedented way.
The reality, however, is that there is a gap in the documents that the
White House released.
Mister Bush would like Congress and the American people to believe
that, regarding his plan to fire the attorneys, all communication came
to an abrupt halt in mid-November and that nobody in the
administration said or wrote another word regarding the issue until
early December.
The near month-long gap in e-mails aside, reports have suggested that
the White House redacted (blacked out) 100 pages of the released
documents.
What are they so desperately trying to hide?
Again, the administration is trying to game the system.
They are telling yet another lie by omitting nearly a month's worth of
important communication, while telling the American people that
they've given Congress 'unprecedented' cooperation.
The craziest part about the entire scenario is that the administration
is playing this game in hopes of claiming Democrats aren't interested
in the facts, only partisan politics.
This is the land of political make believe and pretend that the nearly
irrelevant Mister Bush now finds himself.
He and the 'loyal Bushies' actually believe they can repeatedly and
publicly lie to Congress and the American people;
then attempt to game the system with their "extremely generous offer"
that conspicuously omits nearly a month of important communication;
refuse to allow Rove and others to testify publicly and under oath;
and then claim the Democrats are simply playing political games and
not interested in the truth. This is the context in which this
political scandal is playing out.
Incredibly, the President and his band of 'loyal Bushies' are hoping
against hope that the American people won't remember the content or
the context of this particular scandal.
The biggest problem facing Mister Bush's scheme is that the American
people probably trust Charles Manson more than they trust him and that
is the political context in which he now lives.
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The Bushies have painted themselves into a corner.
Harry
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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| Title: Re: Why Bush's Attorney Scandal Standoff is Doomed to Political Failure. |
24 Mar 2007 09:02:07 PM |
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Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
http://www.progressivedailybeacon.com/more.php?page=opinion&id=1484
March 22nd, 2007
It's All About Context
No, it's about obstructing justice by fireing the prosecutors who
are putting traitors in prison.
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"I'm a gay atheist and wonder if you have meetings." - Email
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