Bush’s core flaw is offering simplistic responses to complex issues, leaving even his own party scratching their heads. Since when is executive lawbreaking the status quo? Warrantless wiretaps, torture, and secret prisons aren’t leadership—they are off-the-charts un-American, yet these are the very grounds on which the administration chooses to stand.
Watching Stephen Hadley on *Face the Nation* try to justify the administration’s “Torture Amendment” was pure misdirection. As the *Post* noted, this push isn’t about terror; it’s about shielding the administration from accountability. The self-styled “Decider” simply never wants to face the music for the dark choices he’s made.
I’m tired of this administration lecturing on morality while pushing crony politics to new limits. It’s just the macho posturing of a scared bully. Mr. President, close the secret prisons and call off your attack dogs. I trust our institutions, but they won’t dismantle the Constitution to protect us.
Election season is officially underway. After months of steep prices and record oil profits, gas is suddenly in free fall just two months before midterms. Watching local signs plummet from over $3.00 down to $2.24, I predict sub-$2.00 gas before November—though don’t expect it to last past election night.
Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, the sharp-witted Democrat who rose from homemaker to national celebrity, has died at 73 following a battle with cancer. A true breath of fresh air in Texas politics, she was missed after the 1994 election—and she will be deeply missed now. Thank you, Governor.
I avoided ABC’s dramatization of 9/11 until flipping it on after the president spoke. The historical spin was jarring—particularly placing Bush center stage in the immediate heroics when he was actually kept on the move. Rebranding political absence into cinematic valor pushes media distortion to a whole new low.
Harold Meyerson notes that with its flagship policies sinking under their own weight, the GOP has traded big ideas for scare tactics and opposition research. Karl Rove’s trademark hardball strategy is steering a troubled party into the midterms, signaling that this fall’s campaign will drag national politics to a new low.
History teaches that unanimous national support cannot be stolen by critics; it is squandered by leaders who exploit unity for political advantage. Instead of bipartisan healing or true protection, we were duped into war through “lying by implication”—squandering a nation’s resolve to rule through fear, division, and political opportunism.
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