How to Tell When They're In Trouble

These days I'd love to be a fly on the White House wall listening to Rove scheme, Cheney rant and Bush mumble. Cheney must be a lot of fun to listen to these days, accusing Democrats of "one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city." The city, of course, is Washington and the charge is that the Republican administration manipulated, misdirected and misinformed to get their war in Iraq started.

Does anyone know the reason we're there this week?

Cheney accuses Democrats of hypocrisy, an interesting charge. More interesting is the charge itself. Rather than rely on some proof, rather than bringing forth some additional evidence that would have exonorated the Administration for making a bad decision, rather than admitting they were mistaken about the intel, Cheney joins Rumsfeld, the Republican National Committee and the Misguided One Himself in attempting to discredit those who would gainsay the Word of the Shrub. This tactic, more than anything else, indicates that the Administration is lying through their teeth.

The Administration provided the intelligence, they filtered it, they spun it, they massaged it, they presented it in ways that would produce the maximum confusion and they classified anything they didn't want to see. They swift-boated anyone with information that contradicted their pre-ordained conclusions, Joseph Wilson and Hans Blix come to mind. They wanted Saddam out at any cost, the first of which was the truth. Is it any wonder they managed to fool 29 Senate Democrats and all the Senate Republicans? They might have fooled me but I get my news from sources other than the networks and Fox News.

Cheney attempts to criticize Democrats for changing their mind. His perfection of reason must be a terrible burden to bear in our imperfect world. Hell, I must have changed my mind three or four times today, mostly about what I would write about tonight. There's a word for staying the course in spite of all evidence that the course is straight toward the rocks, stupidity. Others come to mind but none are complementary.

The Administration's persistent attempts at misdirecting debate about its policies to attacks on its opponents must backfire. The Administration has the power in all branches of Government now that we have a neocon Supreme Court so how can it blame its ills on the minority party? The American people have begun to see through the thin veils of lies and deceit the Administration and by extension the Republican party have attempted to sell us and I'm sure they will respond appropriately the next time we choose our government.

It's good to be back....