Gee Dubya will speak to the nation in about 90 minutes. He reportedly will say: Iraq policies good. Opponents of policy bad. And I guess he will again defend his ordering that the Fourth Amendment be violated by ordering illegal searches of U.S. citizens. He will blame the media for delivering this bad news, saying it endangers our ability to fight terror. This is George’s M.O. Stay the course. Shoot the messenger. It’s really wearing thin.
Bush if fortunate that he has a Congress controlled by the G.O.P. That is because his ass would otherwise probably be looking at impeachment charges quicker than you could say the words: “Bill Clinton.” He may still end up being impeached. But even if he is guilty of violating the law I would bet the majority party in Congress wouldn’t have the backbone to prosecute him, much less vote to remove him. Bush will also have probably a lot of the public saying they understand his motives because of 9/11. I could be wrong. Look at Dick Nixon.
But Bush by his insistence on torture, on his ordering American citizens be spied upon, accomplishes the same as signing a unconditional surrender to Osama and the rest of the terrorist bastards. The Bush administration — let’s suppose they do really have our safety in mind — is missing the forest because of the trees. Of course, there are those who say the forest and trees will soon be gone the longer Bush is in office. I don’t know. I say we get the bad government we elect. And I didn’t elect this administration.