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It's in the Air, The Sweet
Smell of Dying Right Wing Majority; and who will Bush Replace Cheney
With? McCain? DeLay? Whitman?
by Rob Kall opednews.com
Blair's on the coals. Bush and Condi and Cheney are shuffling and
fumbling, looking like the arrogant fools we always knew they
were. Finally, the real patriotic Republican Conservatives are
speaking up. They must be, should be ashamed of the leader they have
representing them. It's the smell of melting power, seasoned with too
much hubris. The neocon eggheads are finally being seen for the narrow
sighted egomaniacs with fantasies of Neonazi, neofascist Empire
Building that they've always been.
The FBI is finally checking out the idiots and blinded by visions of
power zealots who allowed the CIA and other agencies to be run
roughshod by the Office of Special Operations-- the Rumsfeld-
Wolfowitz smoke and mirrors story generating base that desperately,
but unsuccessfully tried to prove there were reasons to go to war with
Iraq.
Now the question is, which Republicans will see the writing on the
wall and get righteous? Who will start to distance his or her self
from the soon to be pariahs Bush and Cheney? This week, one Republican
in democrat clothing broke lockstep with the mindless herd and did not
vote FOR a radical, activist judge Bush nominated. A whole bunch of
Republicans voted against the despicable Michael Powell FCC sell-out
of airwave diversity.
Soon, as Republicans remember that the politicos who stayed longest
in support of Richard Nixon did not fare very well in the polls, they
will begin to start asking questions. The united "team" will
splinter and allow a bipartisan inquiry.
Bush is already bloodied, walking in a daze. The sharks are circling
and there WILL be a feeding frenzy. It will bloody anyone who stays
near Bush. It can only be a matter of days before the smart
Republicans start taking steps back from total support for Bush. Ted
Stevens of Alaska, who said that this isn't watergate, will probably
regret that remark. Of course, this is much uglier than Watergate,
which was only about spying for political reasons. Bush sent men to
their death and has done untold damage to the USA's reputation as a
trustworthy ally.
Of course, in addition to the sweet smell, there is also the stench
of desperation, as Rove and his minions lash out, trying to smear one
network reporter who covered the GI dissatisfaction in Iraq. They got
Matt Drudge to out him as gay and, horrors, Canadian. Too bad the
reporter is openly gay and his network is standing by him. The spin
team has made it clear they will aggressively counterattack any
accusers and accusations. But it's kind of dumb to telegraph that
plan, since it makes it obvious that the truth is not a factor in
these reflexively ugly responses.
But the truth is coming out. First it dripped out, one drop at a
time, but now, as the dams are breaking, as the unified walls are
collapsing, we are seeing evidence splashing and flowing all over the
place that Bush Lied, he was incompetent, the planners of the war had
no plan for after the war, no idea of what it would be like.
We can expect to see Bush's ratings crash in the weeks to come. We
need to exert caution because these lying criminals are still
dangerous, and more willing than ever to lie, cheat, defraud, and
worst, manipulate the system to steal and corrupt the laws of the
land. They have Enronized the White House, the Judicial System,
and they won't let go until they are pried loose.
The first to go will be Cheney, though he'll skulk off with a fake
heart attack. Hell, Doctor Frist will certify it. Then Bush will try
to appoint a VP replacement so odious no-one will think of impeaching
the president. And the Republican majority in congress may try to pass
the despicable creature Bush tries to foist on America. The Democrats
will have to use all their strength, will have to get very tough and
filibuster until an acceptable candidate is put forward-- someone who
will bring some peace to the nation, some honesty. John McCain might
meet that standard. Rudy Giuliani might find he passes muster. Tom
Ridge may be bland enough, but he's also shown how ineffective he's
been as homeland security chief. Christie Whitman?
We're going to have a new vice president first. Any guesses on who
it will be? Drop me a line with your guess and your reason you think
he or she will be the one. This is definitely a dialogue that should
not be left to Bush, Rice, Powell, Rumsfeld and the neocons. Of course
another possibility is both Bush and Cheney get thrown out together,
then the process of procession goes into effect. That would make
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert President, unless Tom the bug man
DeLay boots him out at the last minute. Now there's a very very
frightening thought-- President Tom Delay.
Meanwhile, just because we're starting to smell the roses doesn't
mean we don't need to work harder than ever to make sure that the
right wing loses the white house and the congress.
read what other
people think about who Bush might name if Cheney vacates the Vice
presidency
Rob
Kall rob@opednews.com
is publisher of progressive news and opinion website www.opednews.com
and organizer of cutting edge meetings that bring together world leaders,
such as the Winter Brain Meeting
and the StoryCon
Summit Meeting on the Art, Science and Application of Story This
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