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Patrick Fitzgerald's Diary: Watching Them Flop, Squirm, Flip

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The Bush inner circle probably would have gotten away with everything, but just smearing those who were criticizing them wasn't enough for them; they couldn't resist the temptation of illegally attacking them as well. Insecurity and arrogance are the tragic flaws in this White House. They really believed that their behavior would not be challenged or catch up with them; after all, their ideological buddy Ashcroft was Attorney General at the beginning of the probe, and the so-called "liberal media" (ha!) never really took them on. On the contrary, the media ignored or downplayed all their various deceptions, lies, manipulations, bunglings, and policy mistakes.

But this White House cabal had to be stopped, and I guess, since the Democrat Party and the media weren't going to do it, or were too scared to do it, willy nilly I found myself in the position of being the vehicle for their removal. I didn't ask for the job, and the magnitude of what I found myself dealing with was daunting -- this crew had an amazing amount of slime and dirt to sift through. But I am glad to be that vehicle of change, as I truly love this country and hate to see it ruined by bumbling ideologues and take-the-money-and-power-and-run types.

Now, who will investigate and get indictments for those responsible for the running-sore that is America's badly-corrupted election process, the ongoing voter-fraud and vote-tabulation scandals? Don't look at me -- I'm a bit busy at the moment. Call Elliot Spitzer. #

Bernard Weiner has peeked satirically into the diaries of Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and others. A Ph.D in government, he has taught at various universities, and was a writer/editor with the San Francisco Chronicle; he now co-edits The Crisis Papers (www.crisispapers.org).

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Bernard Weiner, Ph.D. in government & international relations, has taught at universities in California and Washington, worked for two decades as a writer-editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, and currently serves as co-editor of The Crisis Papers (more...)
 
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