As the news of Scooter's indictment hits, I feel a mix of "I told you so," happiness, and sadness. I did predict that this administration was corrupt. I did warn you that Bush had surrounded himself with immoral and corrupt leaders even as he shrouded himself in Christian speak. And, after the arrogance of this administration, I am glad to see some justice. The same people who talked piously about "the rule of law" when Clinton was impeached for sex now are scrambling to make sense of a man who lied over a war. As the t-shirt says, "When Clinton lied, no one died."
But I am also saddened. Make no mistake about it. This is a bad day for our democracy. The Chief of Staff for the Vice President lied to numerous people. And he lied to cover up a concerted campaign to use his power to ruin the career of people who dared speak out against this White House. It smacks of arrogance and ruthless leadership. But I am sad. I am sad that we have this kind of leadership. As a neighbor of mine just said, it would be funny if it weren't so deadly serious. A poorly executed invasion, the gutting of our democracy, and many, many dead people.
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Streak- For a glimpse of how deadly check out this link:
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/movie.htm
Yes, but Clinton disgraced both the Oval Office and the Presidency with his blow jobs and his cigars. Lest we forget . . .
That line becomes increasingly shrill and funny everytime its repeated. It's almost as absurd as the argument that the fraudulently justified invasion of Iraq is a simple matter of policy differences that the Democrat party is trying to criminalize.
Bootleg Blogger,
Thank you for the movie. Powerful.
kgp
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