3 More Years!

I don't know about you, but I used to dread the fact that Mr. President had 4, now 3, more years in office. I worried about our democracy, the economy, our troops sitting in that shooting gallery in Iraq, the residents of the southern coast, our children, the elderly, the environme.......OK, I'LL QUIT!

But now I'm thinking that these next 3 years are going to be a scandal-mongers' overload.

Don't get me wrong, I love my country more than most Republicans. This is the de facto truth: how can they love their country yet excuse and explain away every single failure, digression, and bending of the law their President makes? There is no explanation; they love their party more.

I was willing to criticize Clinton for his loose libido. I criticized Kerry on his campaign, and I've criticized the failures of our current Democratic leaders when they fail to live up to our ideals. I always will.

Republicans, especially in Washington, DC don't. The news is when they do!

But criticism is meaningless unless there is some modification of the policies. Expressing your "deep concern" and that you are "troubled" is a cameras-only trick if you do nothing about it.

Now the Republicans have started to realize that after this 3 years they're going to have to be elected on their merits and on whether or not they supported every last damned illegal thing George W. Bush did. (Yeah, they are slow sometimes - Z) Three years is a long time, but repositioning yourself from a boot-licking syncophant to your next incarnation - "support our troops" "law and order" "get government off your backs" - takes time. The public's memory has to be cleansed. All your illogical arguments to let Bush off the hook have to be revised.

Most Democrats don't have that problem. Most Republicans do.

That's why for most stories like the Jack Abramoff/White House/"I didn't even know him"/"We never took pictures with him" lies - you're going to see this in response:



(Photo: Time Magazine. George Bush meets a tribal leader who probably got ripped off by Jack Abramoff whose head is circled in red. Karl Rove is in the foreground and undoubtedly made this meeting happen.)

And we're going to have the same thing over illegal spying on Americans, Iraq, Katrina, Abramoff, Plame, the Budget, Corrupt Republicans running Congress, and more yet unimagined failures of this small, small man.

He's in over his head. He can't change course. He's given Karl Rove the OK to make everything political. He will never be able to complete the next three years of his term under all these pressures.

Then what will the Republicans do?

Compassionate Conservatism

I guess our wonderful Christian President didn't take the class at Harvard Business that explained how to look up words in the dictionary:

The budget that Bush submitted to Congress on Monday proposes eliminating a $255 lump-sum death benefit that has been part of Social Security for more than 50 years. It also urges Congress to cut off monthly survivor benefits to 16- and 17-year-old high school dropouts.

Sick.

But Bush will say "congress allocates funding" - and the press won't notice the hypocrisy.

Corrupt, Indicted, and Incompetent Republicans

You're doing a heckuva job, Tommy: Indicted Rep. Tom DeLay, forced to step down as the No. 2 Republican in the House, scored a soft landing Wednesday as GOP leaders rewarded him with a coveted seat on the Appropriations Committee.

"Allowing Tom DeLay to sit on a committee in charge of giving out money is like putting Michael Brown back in charge of FEMA -- Republicans in Congress just can't seem to resist standing by their man," said Bill Burton, spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

The crooked, the corrupt, the indicted, and the incompetent Republicans in the House of Representatives just can't help themselves.

Crooked Republicans.

Indicted Republicans.

Incompetent Republican Party.

(That's for google. ) Some guy named Kos posted that. He has a future.

Weapon of Mass Distraction

A very apt description of George Bush: he is a weapon of mass distraction.

The description was given by the Reverend Joseph Lowery, who also said this about Coretta King:

"She deplored the terror inflicted by our smart bombs on missions way afar."

"We know now there were no weapons of mass destruction over there. But Coretta knew, and we knew, that there are weapons of misdirection right down here."

"Millions without health insurance. Poverty abounds. For war, billions more, but no more for the poor."

He was referring specifically to George W. Bush. All the right-wing hacks are just beside themselves that we dare criticize their President.

Joseph Lowery did not back down.

Of course, we didn't hear these hackles about "dignity of the office" and "respect for the Presidency" when they were accusing Bill Clinton of rape, murder, drug-dealing, and everything else.

My how times change.

BREAKING: Karl Rove is an Amoral Hack

Compare and contrast, boys and girls:

Ex-President Carter: Presidential Eavesdropping is Illegal

Soon to be ex-Presidential Advisor Karl Rove: Rove Threatens Senators - Support Bush or Be BLACKLISTED

Now, identify which one is the traitor who accuses everyone else of same. Identify which one has hundreds of years of Constitutional Law on his side. Which is better for our nation's democracy?

There will be a test in November, 2008.

It just makes you wonder: when will any Republican stand up for one of those "principle" things they are always so noisy about around election time? They're not just campaign issues, they're what holds our democracy together.

Beauprez: More Republican "Support" for our troops

Oh wow.

Bob Beauprez really stepped in it this time.

He wore a flight suit with "Pilot Command" stripes on it, signifying service in a high and dangerous position in the military.

Typical of most Republicans, he got 3 deferments to stay out of 'Nam, then got a physical ranking when the deferments ran out.

Now he prances around like Commander Codpiece.

ProgressNow hit it, then Jesus' General, Gilliard, etc. This is big.

This is how Republicans "support" our troops. With support like this, I'm sure they can do without the Badr Brigades in Iraq.

The [R]'s have the nerve to call us traitors.