Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The Slow Descent of the GOP
The world hates him. His popularity is hovering around 40%. But still the conservatives thrash and wail that he has done nothing wrong, that the rest of the world is wrong, that everything’s OK.
There are voices of unrest all across the country. A majority of people want to impeach Bush if he wiretapped people without a judge’s oversight, not to mention the people who want him impeached over the lies that led to the war in Iraq.
Despite this, the Republican Party still struggles to silence dissent and brand critics as “defeatists,” despite the fact that a majority of people in this country disapprove of Bush’s handling of the war. The sad truth is that the Republican Party is the one that is out of the mainstream.
Not that this is proof that the Republican Party is wrong. That is covered by my other blogs, and by the countless websites, media outlets, and democratic politicians who have adduced evidence to this time and time again.
What this is proof of is that FOX News and Blogs for Bush and all the other sycophantic media mercenaries are in denial. They should be talking about reform and moderating their positions, not standing fast to a party line that will lead to them being hammered that much harder when election day comes.
I doubt they will moderate. These are people who have enjoyed lavish success by lying their asses off and defending the indefensible for decades. They won’t stop because of a change in job approval ratings. That’s too subtle.
Their leaders are not so stupid. Scrambling now to shield themselves from electoral retribution, GOP leaders like Rick Santorum and Bill Frist have suddenly found that John McCain’s funding reforms look mighty good right now. By all accounts they are going to be pushing these bills in late January and early February.
Please. You mobsters are the ones that created the “K Street Project,” for God’s sake. Suddenly found a conscience, have you?
The good news is that Tom DeLay is rapidly heading towards a disastrous election. Grover Norquist has been revealed to be what he has always been: a sickening cancer on the face of democracy. The Bush administration, caught red-handed doing things with the NSA that were specifically prohibited by FISA, is holding fast to a defense that has little hope of holding up in a court of law.
The question is, after five long years of this junta controlling all the levers of power, what have we learned? Are the leaders of this cabal going to go down only to have their Roy Blunts and Condi Rices rise to take their place, inexplicably absolved of guilt for having eagerly aided and worked with these criminals committing the very same crimes that their leaders were convicted of?
# posted by BitterHarvest @ 4:10 PM 
