Let's face it, folks: George Bush will do whatever he damn well pleases

He doesn't give a rat's ass what the American public thinks.

He can send thousands of young men and women to disability or death in Iraq and sleep like a baby.

He can destroy his own party by pursuing this insane war because "party" isn't what George is about. This is George's party, and the fat lady hasn't sung yet.

He doesn't have to listen to counsel, to the Joint Chiefs, to panels of advisors who know better, because George gets his marching orders from the Lord.

He can send 30,000 more young women and men into hell because there aren't enough backbones in Congress to stop him.

He can continue to drive this country into a debt from which it cannot recover because our national debt means nothing to those neofascist parasites who have made their personal fortunes from his policies of greed and war.

He can continue to deny everything from evolution to global warming because he is, quite frankly, a couple of candles short of a chandelier and everyone knows it but George.

He will continue, for the next two years, to drive this country (and as many others as he can take with him) into ruin just because he knows he can. "So there!" says George, sticking out his metaphorical tongue at the world.

Two more years. It seems like an eternity.

You are so right and it scares me to death.

He thinks he an autocrat and so does Congress I guess.

I have been quoting from sources such as Senator Robert Byrd in regard to the "shadow government" that Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld put into motion on 9/11. When I watched one of the most recent Bush press conferences, when the guy made "crystal clear" that he has no intention of respecting the expressed beliefs and values of the public, and that he will ignore even the Baker group's recommendations, I wondered how many DUers recognized the implications. Because once a person does understand that this administration has no respect for our Constitutional democracy, I am not sure if there is any valid reason to resist investing in the remedy that the Constitution prescribes.

and sure of their power, that they would ignore impeachment. I think they will go only with a gun at their back.

are.

It's Congress.

OTOH, we do have to get those investigations going.

Or were you suggesting some extra-Constitutional remedy?

Always!

and Cheney get away with it. I doubt they would hesitate to employ extraconstitutional means to remove any elected or appointed official that they decided had outlived his usefulness.

BTW, H2O Man, while I have your attention, I just thought I would mention that it was your reporting on the Fitzgerald investigations that originally brought me to DU from smirkingchimp.com in the summer of 2004. The Smirking Chimp has rather jumped the shark since then, especially its message boards, but I have found a very comfortable home here on DU. Thanks for all the work you do studying the investigation and keeping us up to date on it.

a couple essays on the Plame cases in the past week, and will be doing quite a few more between now and the beginning of the Libby trial. I'm pleased that some people enjoy them!

on the Plame case and upcoming Libby trial. Thank you!


and a Merry Christmas to you and your family!

when "We the People" didn't demand that the recount in Flordia take place, and we allowed this meglomaniac take over. Apathy is the most dangerious thing to a democracy, and there is plenty of it to go around in this country.

Latr

be surprised. Eternally optimistic here! :)

http://www.seattleweekly.com/news/0449/041208_news_antichrist.php

...

But few have preached harder against the Christian right's wrongs than the Rev. Rich Lang of Seattle's Trinity United Methodist Church in Ballard. "This administration is a culture of death, and so is the religious right," says Lang. In his Open Letter to George Bush, published in Real Change, Lang thunders, "You claim Christ but act like Caesar. There is blood all over your hands with the promise of even more blood to come. You sit atop the nations like the Biblical Whore of Babylon openly fornicating with the military men of might." His sermon "George Bush and the Rise of Christian Fascism" (posted like Luther's theses on the church Web site, www.tumseattle.org) rails that "the power and seduction of this administration emerges from its diabolical manipulation of Christian rhetoric . . . the mirror opposite of what Jesus embodied. It is, indeed, the materialization of the spirit of Antichrist: a perversion of Christian faith and practice."

...


In the Greek, the word "anti" doesn't just mean "against." It also contains the meanings "equivalent to" or "a substitute for." Nero was anti-Christ because he falsely claimed to be God. The idea of deception is crucial. The Antichrist isn't the devil, the opposite of God. He's an evil human masquerading as a golden god. The Antichrist appears to humanity not as the hideous Beast but as handsome Nicolae Carpathia, who resembles Robert Redford without the facial erosion. "That could be our next Republican president," quips Lang.

...

EXACTLY! And I just don't understand how so many who claim that Bush is a "man of God" can't see him for what he truly is.

He is their pawn as well. And personally, I think Bush is more like Caligula.... in every way.

Take a look at this piece of insanity from http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org and see if you can tell the difference between it and similar efforts done by Yevetschenko for the Soviet Communist Party...

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

The White House boasts a Christmas tree.
And near it there’s a Bush
whose roots reach deep because his job
is anything but cush.

He knows the stress of being shaped
by those with pruning shears.
He feels the frigid pelting sleet
of soldier families’ tears.

And still this Bush grows strong and tall
displaying shoots of life.
He’s nourished by his humble faith
and his committed wife.

While lights adorn the Douglas Fir,
this Christmas Bush is graced
by candor and integrity
that beautify like lace.

O God, please tend this fragile Bush
with all you know he needs.
May we find shelter in his shade
as prayerfully he leads.

I bet Greg didn't kiss Bill Cliton's ass as much as he's kissed Bush's ass!

I betcha Tim Burton could do a nice turn on the Bush regime. That poem sounds like some satirical lyrics from Nightmare Before Christmas! I wonder if the Presidential Prayer Team is also praying for the Oogie Boogie Man, Dick Cheney.

:puke:

O! Come let us adore Him
O! Come let us adore him
O! Come let us adore Him, George the Lord. :puke:

who reflect this opinion and do not in any way support the Bush agenda. They realize that the church is by and large duped, ignorant and corrupt.

There will be Congressional hearings and insistance that impeachment is not on the agenda but the rocks that are turned over will reveal some stuff that the public just won't be able to stomach. I think there's going to be an impeachment twofer. Neither Bush nor Cheney will resign first because they are so damned stubborn.

When will people ever see it?

face it. the men who rule america knew geeb (brother of john ellis bush, or 'jeb' gettit?) never won the 2k election, but went along cuz that easier then popping bush off, or so on. The men who rule knew 911 was a staged power grab, a coverup of the outrageous coup we saw on dec12/00, a distraction...they knew it and suddenly THEY were in a fukkin bind! If they tried to pop the bush zit, the zit might well erupt like that chest puppet thing in the movie 'alien' (aint this fun, mr buckley?)...things went further and further, with this FACT being highlighted with every murder, every scam, every billion dollars toileted, and the american people complacent as the carnation cow! FACT= there's us, and there's them; you're with US, or you're with THEM!
The real interesting thing is to watch the democrats steer the country away from all that geeb (brother of jeb wetcetra) has wrought, looking FORWARD and not back at the passed...of course it'll all come out one day, but hell, the earth's flat in georgebushamerica!

Nancy Pelosi et al, but that doesn't necessarily mean future absolution. This Congress and Senate will exercise checks-and-balances on power per the Constitution. I'm not certain that if * overreaches and oversteps his position impeachment can't prospectively be considered. And if he barrels ahead in his reckless, myopic fashion, he will have "misunderstimated" his situation.

everything you've written will be so unless they move to impeach, we, as a country, may still prevail in getting our integrity back.

And I would really love to see Congress give taxbreaks to companies that do acceptable research to discover a better energy source than oil, since that would help us break our dependency on relationships with quasi allies.

"If you don't know me by now
You will never, never, never know me... "

Trust me, if the Congressional Dems haven't figured out by now that George W. Bush is batshit crazy then they're dumb as a pile of rocks. Since I don't really believe they ARE that stupid, I am waiting for them to prove to me they aren't spineless, which is the only other option I can see.

love to the Dems in Congress, we get called on for our lack of loyalty.

We need to judge our politicians based on their actions, and not their words.

You got that right, BacklashCometh! Talk is cheap.

to give "unconditional love" to the Dems in Congress, and the sentiments expressed by a poster who automatically assumes the Democrats will fail, as the poster you have reponded to does.

By all means judge politicians on their actions, but it would be more fair to judge them on those actions after the new Congress actually takes office...

Oh, I think they are. I think a lot of what happened in the 90s, happened because we didn't have the "internets" involved in the process and people mistook silence for apathy.

but, that's not my point. If the internets is to have a positive effect, it wouldn't hurt if the message sent was also a positive one.

... and proof in the pudding.

How many within our own party voted to give Bush the power to invade Iraq?

How many within our own party voted for the Patriot Act -- twice!

How many within our own party are currently supporting impeachment?

No more free rides, no more self-satisfied pats on the back, no more excuses. The Democratic Party rode American dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq to a Congressional majority. Come January I expect to see results. Period. Every day that goes by the body bags pile up while this country goes down the tubes. The gloves MUST come off.

My impression is Nancy is one tough woman. She wouldn't have come this far in the good old boy, world, had she been otherwise. When the investigations begin it's not going to be pretty for the GOP.

... while the body bags continue to mount and Bush thumbs his nose at the world. Is this the same Nancy who said that impeachment was "off the table"? By all means, let's have lots of investigations so we'll at least give the appearance that our party is actually doing something to stop this delusional madman. I'm sure he'll take the investigations as seriously as he did the Iraq Study Group Report or the resounding rejection of his policies by the American voter. Let's have some more sound and fury, signifying nothing, while GWB rapes the planet.

I was among those who was initially against impeachment. I was naive and I was wrong. I can now see that nothing short of impeachment -- yes, that impeachment which is "off the table" -- is the only mechanism left to us that has a chance of dethroning King George.

:cry:

There are limiting factors on him now that he has not had to deal with previously. He can order people around but its Congress that signs the paychecks. He also cannot order any long term actions without their approval. So the L'enfant terrible can stomp his feet all he wants. Mommy and Daddy are now in control and there may be some consequences to his previous actions.

will not be stopped!
MIHOP!

WMD lies and conspiracy, 9/11 investigation coverup: we should just all try to get along with these criminals and traitors and just forgive them -- BARFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

And let's just forget about the election rigging, propaganda network, fake terror alerts, lying to and poisening NYers after 9/11, depleted uranium, death squads, arresting protestors, the No-fly list, meth whore minister and "reporters", no-bid contracts, $9+ billion missing, trying to steal Social Security, lying during a SOTU address, lying to Congress repeatedly and lying everytime he opens his mouth.

Let's just give the repukes that support him a great big "merry christmas" for all that they've supported over the last 6 years.

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What I want investigated...

Here it is. What I want Congress to investigate.

Downing Street Memos
Plame
Iraq Intelligence
WMDs
WHIG
Iran-Syria Operations Group
AIPAC/Larry Franklin/Steven Rosen/Keith Weissman/Michael Ledeen/Manucher Ghorbanifar
Niger/Yellowcake Forgeries
Chalabigate
Depleted Uranium
Energy Task Force and secret energy meetings
Security breaches and leaks of classified information
Dubai Ports deals
Mining disasters
Patriot Act and IRS abuses
Indefinite detainment without charge
NSA and wiretapping without FISA court approval
FEMA's Katrina response
Aragoncillo
Gannon
Abramoff
Cunnigham/Wilkes/MZM/Hookergate
Sibel Edmonds FBI Whistleblower Case
Torture of prisoners
Secret government propaganda operations
Election Fraud
Diebold
Choice Point
Coingate
New Hampshire Phone Jamming
Office of Special Plans
Whistleblower rights violations by the US Office of Special Counsel
Pat Roberts/Richard Shelby Intelligence Leak Cover-Ups
The cover-up of the cost of the Medicare bill
John Negroponte and the School of the Americas
Greenberg Traurig
Marsh & Kroll Management
AIG
Citigroup
Enron
Halliburton-Kellogg Brown & Root
Lockheed Martin
The Carlyle Group
Harken Energy
Bechtel
WorldCom
Tyco
Financial improprieties involving former FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford
Alphonso Jackson and HUD contracts
Cover-ups of pre-9/11 intelligence
9/11 Commission cover-ups
9/11 Commission members with ties to oil companies and lobbyists
Key witnesses left out of the official 9/11 Report
Illegal weapons sales
Drug trafficking
Money laundering
9/11 related corruption in government offices
Cover-ups involving Congress people, Federal Judges and DOJ personnel
Corruption surrounding Supreme Court Justices
DC 9 and the 5.5 tons of cocaine
Christine Todd Whitman and the EPA
Money from foreign entities funneled to Congress people and Pentagon and State Department personnel
FBI wiretap translations
NORAD tapes
Pentagon tapes
Manipulation of pre-9/11 FBI intercepts
Hastert-Abramoff-Turkey-Israel-MIC Inc.-Brewster Jennings-American Turkish Council-AIPAC-Feith-Perle connections
Actions by the White House Communications Agency (WHCA) before and after 9/11
Larry Silverstein
Paul Bremer
Destruction of 9/11 FAA tapes
Domestic espionage
DeLay's misuse of the FAA and the DHS
Titan Corporation's involvement in the Abu Ghraib and Cunningham/Wilkes scandals and how it corrupted the defense and intelligence agencies
DeLay-Abramoff-Kidan-SunCruz-Boulis-Mob-Atta connections
Espionage in the Abramoff and Cunningham scandals linked to the Total Information Awareness (TIA) program and COINTELPRO
Group W Advisors
Archer Logistics
ACDS Inc.
Pakistan-ISI connections
Saudi-Binladen Group (SBG) connections
Defense contractors
Enron Afghani pipeline deals
The death of Enron executive Cliff Baxter
Arthur Anderson's destruction of Enron documents
Penetration of the FBI, State Department and Pentagon
Turkish spies infiltrating the government
The Boulis mob hit
Kidan's ties to a Sicilian mafia figure
The identification of Atta by "Able Danger"
That massive FBI cover-up in Florida exposed by an Army Intel Unit
Terrorists at casinos
Abramoff's ties to Turkey, Israel and Pakistan
Laundered Casino Money
Foreign Influence Peddling
Ties to the Russian government
Saudi money
Penetration of that FBI New York Field Office by an Iranian Rouge Agent
Ney's use of illegal wiretaps with the complicity of MCI/WorldCom
John O'Neill's murder
Pat Tillman's death
Missing billions from Iraq
Wellstone's plane crash
Melek Can Dickerson and the American Turkish Council
Cases reported by John M. Cole
The firing of the those 60 House Approprations Committee Investigators from the investigative staff by Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis in the Hastert/Bid-Rigging/Approprations/Contractors cover-up
The firing of Abramoff Prosecutor Frederick A. Black
Homeland Security rackets
Child prostitution and sex trafficking in the Northern Marianas
Carlyle and Dubai
Enron power plant deals
Halliburton, Iraq contractors, Iraq corruption, and the selling of key nuclear reactors to Iran
War Profiteering
Nigerian bribes
Bid-rigging
Ney's ties to MZM
K Street lobbyists' ties to foreign entities
Homeland Security sex predator operations
David Kelly's death
Chris Matthew's involvement in the Abramoff scandal
Pre-9/11 terrorism cases including the Ramzi Yousef/Bojinka Two case and the Ali Mohamed case
Zeliow and the 9/11 Commission

:crazy:

here:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/constitutionincrisis

then we have to deal with Cheney. Scary stuff...

If that's what it takes. We'll see come January, won't we, whether the faith we invested in this party was not misplaced.

of oversight provided by the next congress. Will DC dems act like a real opposition party...or will they be reluctant, as part of the government, to show how really screwed up and corrupt their own government has become? Will oversight be just barely enough to work politically or will oversight be objectively aggressive?

There's something inherently troubling about asking government officials to troubleshoot their own system...if the next congress were to really do its job, part of the effort would include showing how corrupt, untrustworthy, immoral, greedy, and ruthless people in power have been. Both democrats and republicans would take a hit. American government, democracy, and election integrity would be diminished. Are they courageous enough to do this?

the consequences.

This administration acts in bad faith. No matter how much BS the corporate media churns out this is the bottom line.

A Congress that refuses to accept this and act accordingly is just as bad as W.

he's forever stuck emotionally at five years old. No one has ever told him "no."

I just finished reading one of Helen Thomas's books and when reading about the Clinton impeachment, all I could do was wonder why on earth nothing has been done to the maniac in the White House. It's idiotic for Pelosi to say impeachment is "off the table." Personally, I think he should be renditioned and tried for war crimes. There's no comparison between Clinton's "crime" and what Bush has done to this country and its citizens. He has to be impeached . . . at the very least.

I can't think of any

"Peace On Earth" is the last thing Bush and his cronies ever want to see.

Instead, I felt our time would be better served neutering him and fixing other messes he has created.
However, it is becoming more and more obvious that he is going to continue his raping and pillaging of our Constitution regardless of who is sitting in Congress.
I wonder if Rove sent the memo to the Republicans and told them he would do it and if they wanted to appear like they were powerless...then try to do something about it.
He has to go. There is no other way.
On my trip out here--and speaking to those along the way..that IS what Americans want done.
They want the madness to stop--regardless of what it takes to stop it.

I was so naive as to believe that the November elections would serve as Bush's wake-up call. How silly of me. The Bush agenda supercedes any concerns he has for his own party (much less for the American people), that's so abundantly clear now. Bush has his own delusional agenda and NOTHING short of impeachment will stop him. Like you, I was also one of those who did not initially favor impeachment. My apologies to the DUers who realized from the beginning that there would be no other way.