I agree fully. Alaric may not be sane, but he sure can clean up after himself. That’s a good thing, these days.
Not really. I wouldn’t be floored to see an escalation in combat exercises in Iraq, Afghanistan, and/or any other countries we invade between now and then happening around the end of October, though. I also wouldn’t be terribly surprised to see a terrorist attack (or attempted terrorist attack) around the same time. Al Qaeda seems to like the feeling of changing election results. I wouldn’t step out and say that Bush would let it happen to boost his ratings, though. I happen to think that Bush is a mostly honest, if a little slow-witted and misguided. He just isn’t a liar. His advisors, though…
Frankly, I have no idea, but it isn’t like no one has ever criticized a Democrat for acting like a Communist. I throw around the term “fascism” a bit myself, mostly out of hyperbole. I can’t speak for Alaric, though.
No, the original premise was that they can’t hold the election if they are sitting on the 9/11 report.
And was silly, since they have no choice but to hold the election as scheduled. Which neither can, nor will, be postponed by Bush or anyone else.
Put it this way. If the election is not held as scheduled, I will personally buy a hundred rifles for the left-wing resistance . If it is, will you vote for Bush?
There is no plan to postpone the election, the Bushiviks would probably hold it tomorrow if they could, while they still retain a shred of credibility. There is no intention to change to election date, merely to ensure that the electorate is as uninformed as humanly possible.
The report will be turned over to the White House for review and “vetting”. This is a complex and lengthy process, can’t be hurried, mustn’t rush. Sections relating to previous failures, as in the Clinton administration, can probably be moved right along, much less chance of national security breach. Parts referring to more recent events, however, must be very, very carefully considered.
I expect that if Bush takes too long vetting the report, some brave soul will leak it. Before the election.
Republicans will be displeased, and whine about “national security.” Others will read the report. A rollicking good time will be had by all.
I’ll go farther and cheerfully predict that this report will be leaked so fast you could time it with a stopwatch. AND it’ll be difficult to trace.
There’s no way this sucker stays secret. The Starr report was on the streets early (I certainly had a copy days before the official release) and so will this one. This is, in its purest form, political dynamite.
You people are a disgrace to America. How DARE you criticize people for asking why the government is censoring itself? What POSSIBLE logic do you have that makes this in any way “OK” for a Republic? When Clinton led us to conflict in Yugoslavia, I suppose you were the first one arguing, “how can we investigate Whitewater, Lewinsky, and the Yugoslavian situation? We are at WAR here,” right? Unquestioning acceptance of a government at war?
Oh? What’s that? It was OK to investigate and protest against Clinton, but not Bush? Why is that?
I don’t think the two situations are comparable. The 9/11 commission is at least nominally nonpolitical. And with the Republicans in control of Congress in both situations, at least the leadership would be biased towards leaking during the Clinton administrationi and against leaking now.
I am nonplussed, not to say dismayed, that no one seems to agree with my underlying message-- that the electorate will predictably rise like a wounded beast to savage the republicans for trying to sell such a steamy pile of bullshit…
I suppose there is no end to the crap we are expected dociley to eat.
I think they will. I know of more that a few lifelong Republicans who will not vote for Bush this fall. I saw a poll on FOX of all places that said that 7 out of 10 think Bush is hiding something. The Republican Senate is apparently pissed off at the Whitehouse over Iraq “intelligence.” The US Congress thumbed their collective noses at the President and put forth their own highway bill. We haven’t even seem what indictments will be coming out of the Plame investigation. Seemingly all of the heat he’s been getting has been from his own side. Here in dumb old Tejas, twice as many Democrats turned out for the Primaries in my precinct than Republicans. And they had many contested races and we had just County Sherriff. I thought that was a good sign. e4
I’d love to, Al, truly I would. But they won’t, or should I say we won’t. Americans, by and large, have a deeply rooted need to believe. They wrap thier solemn bloviation in the flag, and it works.
They are selling a line of purest horseshit. They have a compelling need to go over every single line of the report, they’re already saying they won’t be done till the election is over. And its utter crap.
For the most part, the panel’s discussion took place in public. As well, every member of that panel and every person on thier staff knows whats going to go into that report, there are no, repeat no “national security” issues involved. Leastwise, none that could remotely be categorized as “secret”. An uninformed electorate is to the Bushiviks advantage, and they will use whatever tactic is required to keep it so.
Hell, its been what? two months now? since the committee to investigate the “intellligence failures” was formed. Have they even decided what room to meet in? Proceeding on the same breakneck pace as the Plame investigation, urgently trying to get to the bottom of it. (Which could have been done in one hour, and everybody with the good sense God gave a goose knows it!)
but the thing of it is, I like to think of myself as a pretty good, all 'round bald faced liar.
And, there are a few ex wives around who will, I think, support my position.
But THESE guys just put me in the shade. I could never imagine saying what they do and keeping my face straight. (Rumsfeld has a little trouble with his face as it is…)
10,000:1? Holy crap! I in no way think the election will be suspended or canceled, but anyone offering those kinds of odds is just begging for a ten dollar bet. Heck, five bucks. I lose a measly five bucks most likely, but 50Gs is sooo tempting.
Go read the messages from Clothahump and wonderwench and Brutus again. Some people will cheerily swallow whatever Bushit this administration feeds them…