Letters to the Editor
ggrazevich
Published Letters: 32 Editor's Choice: 3
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covered in the msm
[Read the article: Scott McClellan's selective -- and successful -- silence]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I believe I heard Chris Matthews discussing the Daily News story yesterday.
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Another problem raised in the Boston Globe
[Read the article: The "Gang of 14" meets on Alito]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]According to this at Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/11/3/94557/8228
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Wilson connection?
[Read the article: The Abramoff case gets close to the White House]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wasn't Joe Wilson our ambassador to Gabon? Wonder if there's anything to chew over in that? (Though his tenure must have ended long before 2003, I suppose.)
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By the same token
[Read the article: Pat Roberts and the game of classified information]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Um, by the same token, why hasn't Sen. Rockefeller been calling for the report's declassification since April? It appears that he, like so many other Democrats in power, has been going along to get along, i.e., rolling over.
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Turning out the base
[Read the article: Clinton vs. Bush: A foolish fight for the GOP to pick]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think it's all about the Republicans desperately needing to turn out their base in November. Their base still loathes Clinton. As you astutely observed below, the Democrats--particularly in their shameless, spineless acquiesence to the torture/detainment bill--seem bent on suppressing their turnout. Maybe if they could get Clinton talking about the immorality of torture...
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Past and present
[Read the article: "We will be showing him the way"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The great thing about Webb's talking about his own family's "generational" commitment to our country's armed services and the picture he showed of his father was how it immediately and vividly brought to mind all those families out there today who have kids who are sleeping with their own pictures of their moms and dads. The second thing it called to mind was: "And where are Jenna and Barbara?" And that just says it all for where the hearts and minds of the American people are right now.
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An out for Scooter?
[Read the article: What did Ari Fleischer really say about Valerie Plame?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But if Ari has now testified under oath that he said more than he actually did, does this give Libby's lawyers a better chance to impugn his credibility (or at least his memory)? Perhaps this is a variation on the "witness for the prosecution" motif? Or is that all just too complicated and improbable?
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The mystery of Warner (and Hagel)
[Read the article: The Pentagon's not-so-little secret]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It occurs to me that there is a possible explanation for the Republican senators (except for Coleman and, I believe, Snowe) sticking together to avoid cloture, even though it was Warner's bill and Hagel is a strong critic of not just the escalation but the war itself. The White House, perhaps through the machinations and ministrations of Karl Rove, has persuaded them that the failure of Congress to condemn the surge and Bush's management of the war will actually benefit Republicans, or at least mitigate their losses in 2008. The equation goes something like this:
-- the vast majority of Americans are unhappy with the war;
-- they want Congress to do something about it;
-- Congress won't do anything about it (provided the Republican senators stick together);
-- Congress is controlled by Democrats;
-- the American public will (partially at least) blame the Democrats for failing to do anything about a losing war and a president who is out of control.
This is one way to achieve the "buy-in" that the Republicans have desparately been seeking to force upon the Democrats so that they will be perceived to share as much of the blame for the failures in Iraq as possible and deflect it from Bush and the Republicans.
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Ironically
[Read the article: The Alberto Gonzales defense]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They should have gone with Harriet Miers's plan to fire all 93 USAs early in 2005. It would have been unprecedented, true, and probably would have caused a bit of a stir, but at the time, the newly-reelected Bush still had a fair amount of his "political capital" to spend, and more importantly, it would have been undeniably even-handed and fair. You can't be guilty of politically motivated firings when every single USA (all the President's 2001 appointees to begin with) has been fired.
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Hand a copy of his statement to Rove
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And say: "Now, repeat after me, Karl..."
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Why trust Bush to end the war?
[Read the article: The risks of staying]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree completely with both Glenn Greenwald and Atrios, but it isn't in Congress' power to really end our involvement in Iraq and bring the troops home. Only the incompetent, conniving Bush administration can actually do that, even if the funds were cut off tomorrow. And why would we trust them to do it properly? An administration that, as Glenn has so amply demonstrated, has no respect for the rule of law and is willing to subvert the Justice Department and pervert the course of justice for political reasons cannot be trusted to withdraw our troops safely. Can we really think that some tragic event that arose from the chaos of an ill-planned, poorly executed troop withdrawal and that resulted in a significant loss of American lives would not be welcomed and mercilessly exploited by Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and the slavering attack dogs of right-wing punditocracy as "proof" that Democrats hate our military and cannot be trusted on national defense? We should know that there is no level below which they are willing to sink to destroy the Democratic Party. With 20 months to go in this nightmare of a presidency, it pains me to say that only a Democratic-controlled executive branch can safely bring our fighting men and women home.