Text and lies and videotape
Think Progress put together a little video on past SOTU speeches of this president. All rhetoric -- no results. For those who want the facts behind the footage, see this Center for American Progress pdf, with a fuller explanation of what Bush says as opposed to what he does.
I can't believe how anybody can see these documented facts and still not agree that this president is a cold, calculating, cowardly, scum sucking liar. I've been thinking about that this morning, after reading this post at Cadillac Tight. Donnie is not a lock step partisan and he's a smart guy. So why can't he see that opposing Alito is not a partisan issue? It's not about politics, it's about preserving democracy as we know it. Opposition is not partisan - it's part of the process that has sustained our government for 230 years.
It was set up to be adversial, like a court case. The jury gets two opposing views and presumably makes up their mind based on the facts, not on loyalty or convenience or based on the perceived power of the parties. Our judicial system would become meaningless without that balance. So will our form of government if we allow this thinking to prevail. Only dictatorships don't allow for dissent.
And don't give me this, the president gets to pick his own justices routine. Show me in the constitution where it says that. In fact, under that logic, if the Senate's only function in this is to be a rubber stamp, then why bother to waste our legislators time with hearings? Why not just allow the president to appoint anyone, like Harriet Miers for instance, without any discussion, just like any other monarch?
I'm thinking it's kind of like breaking up with a long time lover who is cheating on you. You don't want to believe that the person you committed yourself to, the one you trusted with your deepest secrets and formed what you thought was a lifelong bond with, would betray you. So you deny. You bargain with the facts. But at the end of the day there's no escaping the reality that you've been screwed by someone you trusted.
Unfortunately, by the time the White House supporters get to acceptance, it may be too late for all of us.
I can't believe how anybody can see these documented facts and still not agree that this president is a cold, calculating, cowardly, scum sucking liar. I've been thinking about that this morning, after reading this post at Cadillac Tight. Donnie is not a lock step partisan and he's a smart guy. So why can't he see that opposing Alito is not a partisan issue? It's not about politics, it's about preserving democracy as we know it. Opposition is not partisan - it's part of the process that has sustained our government for 230 years.
It was set up to be adversial, like a court case. The jury gets two opposing views and presumably makes up their mind based on the facts, not on loyalty or convenience or based on the perceived power of the parties. Our judicial system would become meaningless without that balance. So will our form of government if we allow this thinking to prevail. Only dictatorships don't allow for dissent.
And don't give me this, the president gets to pick his own justices routine. Show me in the constitution where it says that. In fact, under that logic, if the Senate's only function in this is to be a rubber stamp, then why bother to waste our legislators time with hearings? Why not just allow the president to appoint anyone, like Harriet Miers for instance, without any discussion, just like any other monarch?
I'm thinking it's kind of like breaking up with a long time lover who is cheating on you. You don't want to believe that the person you committed yourself to, the one you trusted with your deepest secrets and formed what you thought was a lifelong bond with, would betray you. So you deny. You bargain with the facts. But at the end of the day there's no escaping the reality that you've been screwed by someone you trusted.
Unfortunately, by the time the White House supporters get to acceptance, it may be too late for all of us.
posted by Libby Spencer at 10:58 AM
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