Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Without Shame

White House Renews Support for Bolton
DeLay Continues Attacks on Federal Courts

I don't get it. John Bolton's nomination is a noose around the neck of George Bush; the longer this drags on, the worse it will look for Bush if Bolton is defeated. Why not take him out back and shoot him and move on to the next crony?

And while he's at it, Bush might want to train his sights on Tom DeLay and fire away. He's beginning to sound insane:
"Absolutely. We've got Justice Kennedy writing decisions based upon international law, not the Constitution of the United States? That's just outrageous," DeLay told Fox News Radio on Tuesday. "And not only that, but he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet? That is just incredibly outrageous."
I realize the Internet might be a bit complicated for an exterminator from Texas, but I think most people have accepted it as a valid research tool by now. Does anyone's process for writing a paper in school start with a trip to the library anymore?

I'm all for letting this administration crash and burn before it does any more damage to the nation, but unless Bush is far smarter than I imagine him to be, he seems to be making a mistake in letting both Bolton and DeLay continue to embarrass him. Combined with his Social Security disaster, the fall of these twin towers could have the reverse impact of the 9/11 attacks, plunging Bush into an approval rating hell from which he never re-emerges. We appear to be living in the moment when the political pendulum has swung as far to the right as it can, but Bush is playing this as if the country will continue to move ever rightward in lockstep with him and his most devout followers. It may be the last consequential mistake he gets to make.

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