A few more angry notes

Thanks to those who commented on my Chuck Colson post. They brought up several aspects of our moral crisis. Speaking of that, I read this morning a litany of how Dick Cheney has consistently lied about, well, everything from oil companies lobbying his "energy policy" to the role Saddam played in 9-11. Interesting that while the conservative Christian community brands Bush one of their own, they all seem to just look the other way when talking about Cheney. No one claims he is a man of faith.

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Reading blogs this morning, I found this little gem on Shaun's blog:

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) strongly criticized yesterday the White House's new line of attack against critics of its Iraq policy, saying that "the Bush administration must understand that each American has a right to question our policies in Iraq and should not be demonized for disagreeing with them."

Says a lot about where our political dialogue is that I am really, really starting to like Hagel. I am sure that we disagree on a great many policy issues, but at least he recognizes the Rovian tactics of this administration are harmful. As Bob Kerrey said the other night on Stephen Colbert's show, the President could have come out and said (on Veterans day) that he made some mistakes, but they were honest mistakes. He could have said that the intelligence was wrong, and he knows that now--that he still believes that taking Saddam out was the right move. He could have urged all Americans to rally behind his effort and acknowledge how angry so many people were. Instead, he applied the Rove bible and attacked his critics as unamerican. Shame.