These people truly are pathological, so comfortable are they
at lying that they make no distinction between the mundane and
the monstrous.
Crows are white; doves are black. Night is day. Day is night.
The Bushvolk keep reinventing reality
and revising history.
Why? Because they can. Because they keep getting away with it.
Scandals have become routine in the Bush II years -- so much
so, that the response is formulaic.
You know the drill. Scandal erupts in the free press (not to
be confused with Fox News, our very own state-sponsored
medium.)
Bushvolk claim dubious deniability. The
president robotically appoints a blue-ribbon panel. When
really in deep poop, they pull out their favorite whipping
boy, Bill Clinton.
That's the current defense of the political firings of U.S.
attorneys known as the Gonzales Eight. Old habits die hard,
fellow patriots.
Next, Congress holds hearings. After the hot air and
histrionics, the legislature slaps the executive branch on the
wrist. Then it's back to the business of deceiving the
American people and creating a climate for unconstitutional
upheaval.
Maybe the next time Alberto Gonzales testifies on the Hill,
he'll be sworn in. Folks, when you raise your hand and swear
to uphold the Constitution, you're supposed to really mean it.
Same with that part about "the truth'' and "the whole truth.''
This is the most no-account, know-nothing administration in
our nation's history. Unfortunately, it is up against a
do-little electorate. This nation escaped tyranny through
bloodshed and has since been improved through non-violent acts
of civil disobedience in the public interest. Doing nothing is
not an option for us.
If people aren't watching what's happened to this country,
don't blame the media. Most of us do our part to defend
democracy. It's your turn.
Better hurry, though, because I'm starting to get battle
fatigue. You may have to start the revolution without me,
fellow patriots. I may be too busy watching "American Idol''
from the couch to care about our democracy being damaged by
dunderheads with poker faces and fat-cat benefactors.
You may recall that they didn't know there were no WMD in Iraq
aimed at America. ("Darth'' Cheney still doesn't know.)
Didn't have pre-9/11 intelligence about a terrorist plot to
slam airplanes into the World Trade Center. (A must-read is
Frank Rich's "The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and
Fall of Truth.")
Didn't know killer hurricane Katrina would devastate New
Orleans and compromise the levees.
Didn't know a male prostitute was planted among the White
House press corps to daub pro-Bush softball questions at news
conferences.
Didn't know crony counselor Harriet Miers was a card-carrying
Theocrat when nominated to the Supreme Court.
Didn't know about Walter Reed's problems until The Washington
Post expose.
Didn't know who in the White House manipulated media and outed
the covert CIA wife of a published detractor.
Didn't know about detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib until the
hardcore porn hit airwaves and newsstands.
Didn't know those 16 words in the president's pre-war speech
about Iraq were false and misleading.
Despite contrary evidence, didn't know White House
apparatchiks conspired with the Justice Department against
some of the Gonzales Eight.
Didn't know about the Dubai port deal until news stories broke
and lawmakers took notice.
Your first instinct is to suspend belief when the Bushvolk
look you in the eye and lies spill from that hole in their
heads. Is it any wonder this White House wants to keep
presidential papers under seal?
If we knew the awful truth, we might just want to kill
ourselves. But that would be an act of cowardice and our
founders deserve our fortitude, not our surrender. So roll up
your sleeves and get to work.
Take a stand and push back at the barbarians who have stormed
democracy's gate. Don't worry, dissent is in the Constitution.
Rhonda Chriss Lokeman (
lokeman@kcstar.com) is a columnist for
the Kansas City Star. To find out more about Rhonda Chriss
Lokeman, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers
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