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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (37456)	7/21/2005 9:05:52 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Wouldn't the interim President be neoCondi? Of course, if neoCondi is also in jail, could it be Dennis Hastert?

To: American Spirit who wrote (37456)	7/22/2005 5:16:12 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Isn’t it time we accepted the truth about Bush? ___________________________ By Sylvester Brown Of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch 07/21/2005 stltoday.com BACK IN THE EARLY 1980s, comedian Richard Pryor used to tell a story about a woman, so in love with her man, she tolerates his obvious indiscretions. Once, after catching her beloved in bed with another woman, Pryor told how the man persuaded the woman he did nothing wrong. “Who you gonna believe — me or your lying eyes?” the man asked. While listening to the comedy routine recently, I finally figured out why President George W. Bush has managed to deflect scrutiny and backlash for his actions. Most Americans, it seems, look upon Bush like starry-eyed lovers. No matter what he’s done or what’s happened on his watch, most refuse to see their “man’s” reckless behavior for what it is. I have to give Bush credit for mastering the “Who you gonna believe ...?” posture. “I won the election fair and square,” he argued back in 2000, dismissing charges of voter manipulation in the state governed by his younger brother. Forget the flimflam, sleight-of-hand, word manipulation Bush used to justify invading Iraq — a country he claimed possessed a cache of nuclear and chemical weapons. It wasn’t about WMDs, he later told us with a straight face. We’re fighting for more democratic, nobler causes. And what about those “secret memos” that were all the buzz in Europe? Weeks ago a London newspaper said the notes demonstrated that Bush and his British ally, Tony Blair, “manufactured” a crisis to push for war in Iraq. Memos, schlemos. Bush simply pretended the allegations in the memos were old and irrelevant news. The American media took his cue and relegated the secret memo affair to the back pages or ignored it altogether. A news story about a politician who vengefully jeopardized the life of a government agent — now that’s juicy stuff. Surely such a story, even if remotely true, would signal the end of any political career. Not Bush’s. Apparently, his love affair with the American public far outweighs dangerous indiscretions. And, believe me, this case has plenty of damaging indiscretions. Bush’s top political adviser revealed the identity of a CIA agent to a reporter. The vice president’s chief of staff confirmed it. The agent happened to be married to the same diplomat who debunked Bush’s claim that Iraq tried to purchase nuclear materials from Africa. One reporter, Judith Miller, is in jail for refusing to reveal her sources. Another, Matthew Cooper, avoided prison when his employers gave his notes to prosecutors. The two sources identified by Cooper, political adviser Karl Rove and staff member Lewis “Scooter” Libby, are still working at the White House. Shouldn’t we have more of a problem with this? We Americans screamed louder about a stained dress than we have about this national security mess. Where’s the call for congressional investigations and impeachment hearings? Of course, the president will use every trick in the smooth-talking handbook to dissuade us from believing our “lying eyes.” He’ll probably tell us to “stay the course” and beat back the partisan smear campaigns of the “liberal media.” Most of us starry-eyed Americans will buy every morsel of it, too. We’ve invested too much in this relationship to start asking difficult questions now. But there comes a time when enough is enough. Some polls show the love affair with Bush may be wearing thin. A new poll from the Pew Research Center indicates Bush’s ratings for “trustworthiness and leadership” have declined significantly since 2003. And a Wall Street Journal and NBC News poll showed that 45 percent of the respondents gave Bush low marks for “honesty and straightforwardness.” Even the most gullible fool for love wakes up, eventually. Some are beginning to believe their “lying eyes.”