You can always tell election season has arrived when Republicans start sounding the alarm on voter fraud. Amusingly, they cite their own past complaints as “evidence.” The only genuine fraud in recent elections has been perpetrated on voters by officials promising fairness while actively ensuring none exists at the ballot box.
The real question about torture is moral: what kind of nation are we? Despite claims of righteous exceptionalism, this administration perverts the Golden Rule, hiding wiretaps, secret prisons, and abuses behind extreme secrecy. They dread these conversations, but they cannot hide forever—because sooner or later, someone always talks, Mr. President.
A great lady who preceded the mess of George W. Bush died last week, and Molly Ivins offered a classic memory of her at Scholz Garten: introducing Ann Richards to a racist East Texas judge, only for Ann to beam and disarmingly tell him, “I am Mrs. Miles.”
Mr. President, this is not a Monopoly game. You will be held accountable by history, if not the courts. Congress won’t hand you a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. You decided this war’s course; trying to dodge accountability now fits the lifelong pattern we’ve seen since your college days.
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.
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