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The wounds suffered to the what John McCain blasphemously referred to as "the fabric of Democracy" in the ACORN fluff, are deep festering sores on the Constitution, civil rights and the confidence and expectations of all Americans...which the Bush administration has inflicted deliberately and systematically for the past 8 years. THEY have rent the fabric of Democracy almost beyond redemption.
Yes we need to move on. But yelps to move on are coming from those who have something to fear by finally having the light shined on the dark recesses of the actions of Bush and his cronies. It may be years (if ever) until we know the full extent of it. Can you hear the shredders humming?
They spent two years harping on an irrelevant relationship of Obama to someone who did something despicable when the candidate was 8 years old.
And now they are snarling that we need to get over the horrible deeds and policies that have wrecked this nation and destroyed our global reputation and the legacies of hope and prosperity we have worked for in the names of our children and grandchildren.
If we simply move on...they are already positioning themselves to be on target to do it again.
No one should be pardoned for the atrocities (yes atrocities!) of this administration and its enablers. Nothing should get swept under Bush's "optimistic person comes to work here" rug.
This nation will NOT heal until all those who dug into their pockets, manned the phones and took the the streets, and all those who made the choice for change in the voting booth are honored with a full accounting of the past. No free passes.
Can we still move forward with investigations going on in a couple dozen rooms on Capital Hill? YES.
Democrats, Progressives and Barack Obama (along with all those other disenfranchised categories that finally "got it") can walk and chew gum at the same time.
You betcha!
