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I'm just going to throw this out for discussion.
Back before the election I kept saying that Cheney would not finish out this term. I said if Chimpy was re-elected, Dickie would then get "sick" and resign so Chimpy could have plenty of time to appoint someone who could then run as an incumbent in 2008.
Fast forward to just one year later. Chimpy's poll numbers are in the toilet, just like a bunch of us could have predicted a year ago. All of us knew that we went to war for all the wrong reasons and the neocons wouldn't be able to sustain the "popularity" of the chicken hawks forever. They can no longer claim the economy is just yummy without 9/11 to use as a crutch, the tax breaks have broken our treasury and things in general are going to hell in a hand basket. All exactly like most people who can balance a checkbook and pay attention knew would happen.
Now I don't think they thought far enough ahead to plan a scandal of this proportion but when handed lemons, make lemonade. These people aren't stupid - they knew the majority of people would finally catch on to Chimpy's stupidity. They knew it was coming but didn't care as long as they achieved they main goals for their corporate owners in the first term. Pretty much done, tax breaks for the wealthy, trashed the Constitution, packed the Supreme Court. Done. Done. Done. But...if given the chance...would like the fun to continue, go to Plan B. So much more to get done for their corporate owners.
I put forth the idea that Cheney has always been disposable. He is the perfect foil when the shit hits the fan. (Grumpy, rich and doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks.) The neocons are already hitting the airwaves on how Reagan had second term "blues" (scandals) but yet managed to "clean house" and pull out of the doldrums. According to the talking heads Reagan left office even more popular and revered than ever - even after Iraq Contra.
We all know this administration is as dirty as anything that has ever occupied the White House, we know that Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, et al are crooks and thieves of the highest order. So are we being played? They knew this day was coming and this is their contingency plan? Nothing would suit these guys anymore than to have an "incumbent" to run on the idea that "he" helped clean up Washington.
Talk me down.
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