Cracks in the White House Armor:
So it seems the White House has a policy of ratting out and bullying intelligence analysts whose findings to not jive with their political mission of war at all cost. It shouldn’t surprise me, but this morning over breakfast, I fumed.
Findings like these are emerging with greater regularity. Does this spell trouble for Mr. Bush come November? Depends on whether the Hekyls and Jekyls in the Democratic party can use it to their advantage. Republicans have no problem playing dirty, immoral, slime king politics because it works. While the Dems are busy taking the moral highroad, its leading them right out of power.
Ultimately, I see this coming election as the Democrats to win or lose. It his singleminded quest for a war mantle to call his own, Bush has neglected our domestic infrastructure, squandered both our budget surplus and any amity with had with other nations, let our public schools atrophy and cozied up to convicted corporate criminals like Enron and Haliburton. The ammunition is all there to run him out of Washington on a rail, if the Democrats are smart enough to use it.
That’s why I like Howard Dean’s campaign. For me personally, this election is as much a referendum on the Democratic party as it is on the president. Whatever old way the Democrats had of doing business isn’t working. They’ve lost the White House, Congress and worst of all, the faith of the average American. Dean has reinvigorated politics for millions and illustrate (in hype, granted, more than action) that a Democrat traditionally is a candidate on the side of working families, on the side of women’s and gay rights, on the side of environmentalism that means clean air and drinking water for future generations not well tended mountain bike paths for investment bankers in Marin county. Much as I like John Kerry as a person, his campaign smacks of politics as usual and the last thing the Dems need now is anything “as usual.”
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I’ll second that notion. Just comparing Kerry and Dean’s post-NH speeches shows you how much more dynamic Dean’s campaign is. You’d think the standings were the other way around.
By the way, I just caught up with the CNN primary page and the headlines were amusing:
• Kerry: Fight has only just begun
• Dean: Very pleased with second
• Clark: Don’t underestimate me
• Edwards predicts ‘great victories’
and finally…
• Lieberman vows to keep running
I’ll second that notion. Just comparing Kerry and Dean’s post-NH speeches shows you how much more dynamic Dean’s campaign is. You’d think the standings were the other way around.
By the way, I just caught up with the CNN primary page and the headlines were amusing:
• Kerry: Fight has only just begun
• Dean: Very pleased with second
• Clark: Don’t underestimate me
• Edwards predicts ‘great victories’
and finally…
• Lieberman vows to keep running
Ahh yes, it’s so nice knowing the dems never cozy up to big biz and evil corps. And how easy I sleep at night knowing the dems can somehow circumvent this thing called the human condition and always manage to do the right thing. Maybe if Dean gets elected he can have the Peace Corp hand deliver free ice cream to the African continent.
Wouldn’t that be sweet.
Ahh yes, it’s so nice knowing the dems never cozy up to big biz and evil corps. And how easy I sleep at night knowing the dems can somehow circumvent this thing called the human condition and always manage to do the right thing. Maybe if Dean gets elected he can have the Peace Corp hand deliver free ice cream to the African continent.
Wouldn’t that be sweet.
I guess. Or we could all be cynical and naysaying. We’ve seen how well that works.
I guess. Or we could all be cynical and naysaying. We’ve seen how well that works.