February 6, 2006

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Zhubin On Bush

Zhubin has posted a commentary on the addition of Alito and the current state of the nation that puts a lot of things very succintly and pointedly. If it were written for their side, it's the kinda thing Republicans would put in a chain letter and send, grandma-to-sunday-school-teacher-to-grandma. I'm linking to it, and reposting the best sections. It's also the kinda thing Carl would post as a Myspace bulletin and then make some snarky comment about all liberals being sissy girly-men who don't eat red meat or something.

I'm even less happy about the NSA wiretapping scandal; I know I say this every other week, but I don't even know how people can support this President anymore. Talking to his supporters feels like giving a lecture to a 10-year-old about the basics of American democracy. Have you guys had to deal with someone telling you that the President has the power to ignore laws that inhibit his ability to protect the country? What do you say to that? Do you sit down and explain that our government is founded on the idea that the Executive Branch can't be trusted to make those determinations, that we have a judicial branch for that very reason? That our government is structured so that, when the President wants to spy on you, he at least has to give someone else a reason for why he's doing it? You might as well teach them about the two chambers of Congress.

What's even more frustrating is the people who say they don't like what Bush is doing with the wiretapping but still support him. Sweet Jesus, guys, what's it gonna take? The President breaks the law and spies on citizens without a court order, and you still think, "Well, let's not rush to judgment just yet"? Does it not at least add up to the lying about WMDs, the lying about the Iraq/Al-Qaeda link, the jumping into war with Iraq, the corrupt management of the Iraq war, the corrupt management of Afghanistan, the horrible response to Katrina, the bribery of media pundits, the fake White House press correspondents, the fake news outlets to Iraq, the Plame scandal, the Abramoff scandal, the torturing, the secret prisons, the silencing of professional scientists for political reasons, the appointment of incompetent political friends to important government position, the detaining of innocent Americans for years on end without charges? What more does he have to do before you lose your favorable opinion of him? Does he have to quarter soldiers right in your bedroom? Do they have to tear down your DMB poster and eat your Ritz crackers, and point at your family photographs and make fun of your slightly chubby sister? What needs to happen!?

Posted at February 6, 2006 2:52 PM | Comments (2)

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