Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 813 Editor's Choice: 48
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[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]this picture of the GOP faithful is so accurate. And the most pathetic part of all is that Reagan was a terrible president. Many of the problems we have now trace straight back to his proclivity for economics as magical-thinking, and the nurturing his administration gave to the nut-balls who are running things now. Not to mention Iran-Contra, which proved, if nothing else, that the President can commit multiple felonies and get way with it if he intimidates the right people in the right way.
And let's not forget how Reagan negotiated secretly with Teheran to hold our hostages until after the 1980 election. That piece of offal should have been jailed for that all by itself.
Reagan was a disaster for our political culture, and the activation of the most primitive, nativist wing of the GOP that he enabled will require us all to fight for generations to quell it.
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at the risk of...
[Read the article: "I stand by Al Gonzales"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]....repeating the natural response to this:
He HAS to be kidding.
Who does he think he's kidding? Talk about a response specifically tailored to those in his political Base who haven't been paying attention.
(It's almost as if Bush is really saying "I know you know that I'm just pandering to my base. I know that you know that my AG is a lying prick. But, guess what? I don't give a shit.)
although, by Bush's lights, Gonzo hasn't done anything wrong. Lying nearly every time you open your mouth is a familiar activity for our Current Occupant. And lying in the service of the Bush family and its members is simply expected by that family.
What a bunch of fucking criminals.
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thought for the day
[Read the article: "I stand by Al Gonzales"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush and Gonzo string this thing out as long as humanly possible, and perhaps beyond. If, in the end, things just get too hot, Gonzales resigns, but ONLY after appointing a deputy who will be a lacky just like he is.
Now, Bush waits as long as he possibly can to nominate a successor to Gonzo, and guess what? That successor is an even more shit-stained lacky than Gonzo is. The Senate begins confirmation hearings. The Justice Dept. stonewalls all subpoenas. Eventually the Judiciary Committee takes a vote, and the nominee, naturally, loses. Bush withdraws the nominee, and nominates someone else equally odious.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
All the while, the Deputy Lacky at Justice is running the show, and keeping the bodies decently buried.
Bush can string this out indefinitely, I'd think. As long as he keeps nominating people the Senate won't accept, investigations won't ever get very far, seems to me. And John Q. Public will just get bored. MSM will move on to other things.
It's all about timing now. Bush and Cheney just have to walk carefully for the next 18 months, and it's over. The next Prez has to clean up the rather considerable mess. And, of course, Bush and Cheney will not be prosecuted for ANYTHING they did while in office. They won't even need a pardon. No-one in a position of power will care enough to bother.
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I'm dreeeeming of a...
[Read the article: Asked, not answered]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]presidential election between Clinton and Giuliani.
Talk about a race to the bottom.
One of the saddest ironies of all in the Democratic primary field is that by far the most qualified candidate is the one who can't raise any money: Bill Richardson. I'd vote for him in a second, even though he and I don't agree on a few key items.
Of ALL the people currently running for President, Richardson has by far the best resume. He'd make a great President...maybe one of the best. But he doesn't have a prayer. Maybe he'll get the Veep spot though.
As to the Hillary item...typical Hillary. You think having Bush at Press conferences is frustrating. Wait until you hear Clinton spend four years failing to give a single straight answer to anything.
I have to say, I continue to be utterly gobsmacked that Hillary has any pull at all. I just do not get it. She never appealed to me in any way, shape, or form. And I'd be happy to see a female President. Just not this female. She's a pure opportunist, bought-and-paid-for by corporate America in the most brazen way. The least she could do is try to sound a little more like a normal human being, and less like a battery-powered corporate robot. Phooey.
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weird
[Read the article: Why did Carter back down on Bush?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the Carter thing is weird. I had not heard of it until I read your blog.
I can't imagine what got into him. What does he have to lose? Seems to me he could spit on Bush at this point and no-one would say boo with any meaningful effect.
I suspect the right-wing pro-israel constituents weakened his resolution with their all-out war on his most recent book. That'd be enough to give anyone pause.
Truth is, when our current whack-job Prez is out of office, it would do everyone a lot of good if the next President hung out the laundry and made it absolutely clear who was to blame for a long list of disasterous messes our new Prez will have to deal with. I know were *I* elected Prez after Bush, I would air out EVERY piece of dirty laundry I could find, and make it completely clear who dirtied it. And how. And why.
By the time I was through, there'd be nowhere for Bush and Cheney to hide. I'd be talking about their crimes every day for the next year, and as Prez, I'd have the bully pulpit to make their days deservedly miserable. I know it won't happen in real life, but wouldn't it be nice if it did? Good for our country too. Fact, after fact, after fact. Inarguable facts that even the RWNM wouldn't be able to counter. Oh, it'd be a beautiful thing, believe me.
This idiotic tradition of not criticizing past Presidents is ridiculous. It's just a form of ruling-class back-scratching and it's contemptible.