the closest that any congressional dem within a mile of the leadership has come to “moral” considerations is that a huge number of us voters find bushco’s conduct morally reprehensible, and that we are likely to take it amiss if our hirelings’ statements don’t reflect our convictions.

but you better believe that’s far from saying that their sense(s) of morality and/or patriotism are governing the leadership’s actions. i don’t say that they are utterly devoid of a sense of the higher purposes. most of them are human, after all. but all we know of their records suggest that those senses are systematically marginalized into practical dormancy.

a reasonable way to read the leadership’s moral courage-o-meter is to observe their attitude on impeachment. they obsessively fear admitting the existance of the impeachment mechanism. they are way more scared of just discussing the matter seriously than they are of any damage that bushco could concievably do in the coming months. and most of them freely admit that the administration is determined to wreak more havoc on every level until the bitter end.

but our leaders don’t even dream of risking a thing they think they have to perform their assigned roll in removing this catastrophic government.

i don’t know about you, swopa, but i feel that i have to suffer such people until and unless something better emerges. but i don’t have to fall blindly in love with them.

Another similarity to Vietnam — Bush is AWOL

“Go F#@$ yourself!”

I did get the quote right didn’t I???

And there’s a new thread.

I, too, want Bush GONE. And Cheney. But if they leave office, the GOP will put in someone else … who will becomes prez in 2008?

I distinctly recall when Nixon left office, and Ford became prez. Most seemed to think that if Ford hadn’t pardoned Nixon, he would have become prez by voters in 1976.

Hard to believe but true. We cannot let that happen again. Are most Americans paying attention? It seems they aren’t really.

Remember report a few weeks ago of US Generals that would resign in mass if Bush invaded Iran?

Also, George Tenet’s book will be out April 30th:

“Allies say the 511-page book-300,000 in the first printing-isn’t a rant: Tenet spent a year and a half researching it, reviewed tens of thousands of documents, and conducted dozens of interviews with key players to fill in the gaps of his story, the first by a true Bush insider involved in making war policy.”

P.R. rollout includes a rare two-segment 60 Minutes appearance.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/p….._print.htm

Book will not be kind to Bush/Cheney/Rice:
http://www.editorandpublisher……1003571875

Right. This is good because it will help put the spotlight back on Cheney, who must be impeached first. Maybe it will give Fitzgerald something more to work with.

Bob in HI