an interesting thought... one that i've been playing over in my mind as i ponder WTF Pelosi promised, GOING INTO TUESDAY'S avalanche that the Dems won't impeach The Petulant Prince and Dead-eye Dick.
did she make this promise because the democrats are have their eye on 2008 AND grabbing the Rovian ring of power for their own use?
("Smeagol (Lieberman) wantses the Ring! (Gollum! Gollum!) They trickses Poor Smeagol but we'll rings their filthy little neckses!!!" (Gollum! Gollum!)
more after the break...
She (and the democratic "leadership") made this DEAL (let's call it what it is... a DEAL - not a promise, after all, we're talking Washington and the handwriting was apparently on the wall and YOU KNOW Rove is going to play with whatever hand he's dealt to the best possible outcome for him and the Repugs... all the while WE KNOW that the Dems were doing the same... so we HAVE to admit that there was a DEAL about this messy issue of, well, IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES, and CAPITAL CRIMES... and, well, NO ONE wants a CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, not in 2006 anyhow, not, well, you know - while were mired in a war that many many Democrats (yes, including the aforementioned "leadership") voted for and well, this being Washington, well, we ALL have skeletons in our closets and impeachment would be a "victory" for our enemies and WE don't want to be the party that brings down ANOTHER president... sooo... anyhow... i digress...)
She made this DEAL despite their trampling of privacy, shredding the constitution, and consolidation of so much power within the "unitary executive". Why?
Here's an idea from a blog by christopher manion:
"...there will be one fundamental and bipartisan crime in the new Congress: Cheney and Bush will not be impeached. Their trampling of the Constitution will not be examined, investigated, or prosecuted. [b]Because Washington's dirty little secret is that neither of the parties object to the unconstitutional seizing of power by any administration. Rather, each party just wants that power all for itself."
i agree - after all - why else would they NOT unravel what the Rovian fascists have done UNLESS they're looking at the upside of it ("hey... if WE get into office in 2008" (um... that won't happen if we impeach... america will hate us) "ok... then we won't impeach, we'll focus on 2008 and THEN, when WE win" (pause to wring hangs together while grinning leacherously at the democratic "leadership" encircling the table) "then! we'll use their newly forged powers against them!!!!" (cue mike myers Dr. Evil and Number Two evil laugh contest "BWAHAAHAAHAAA")...
i'm trying to think positively here... i'm trying to see that things will be different.
however, with this DEAL that the Dem leadership made (er, sorry - I meant Nancy Pelosi) with the Rovians for NOT impeaching, coupled with this (as noted over at firedoglake by christy hardin smith)
[quote]Rahm's (Emmanual's) first priority is to shore up his power base and his ties to KStreet.[/quote]
Kstreet - you folks DO remember Santorum and DeLay and the "KStreet" project and how the Dem's were SOOOOOO pissed and morally offended by all the lobbyist money and influence they were generating... I guess that NOW they're in power, well, that short of shit is A-O-K.
IS THIS what we voted for on Tuesday?