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icarusThe election results. Wow.
This is better than I hoped. *makes popcorn for the Virginia Senate race*
In the first smart move Bush has made in six years, Rumsfeld is gone. The Democrats would have called for his removal in their next breath.
The military top brass is against him (for damned good reason), the soldiers have started a petition against the war, the intelligence community can breathe a sigh of relief as this will likely torch Rumsfeld's attempt to create his own Pentagon-controlled intelligence agency (we would have been back to burning Castro's beard in no time).
Rumsfeld is gone.
Wow.
The rubber-stamp congress is gone. The "Halliburton corruption, what Halliburton corruption?" congress is gone. The "we control the playground so we can do what we want" congress is gone.
I want to throw Nancy Pelosi a party.
This is better than I hoped. *makes popcorn for the Virginia Senate race*
In the first smart move Bush has made in six years, Rumsfeld is gone. The Democrats would have called for his removal in their next breath.
The military top brass is against him (for damned good reason), the soldiers have started a petition against the war, the intelligence community can breathe a sigh of relief as this will likely torch Rumsfeld's attempt to create his own Pentagon-controlled intelligence agency (we would have been back to burning Castro's beard in no time).
Rumsfeld is gone.
Wow.
The rubber-stamp congress is gone. The "Halliburton corruption, what Halliburton corruption?" congress is gone. The "we control the playground so we can do what we want" congress is gone.
I want to throw Nancy Pelosi a party.
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Date: 2006-11-09 11:29 am (UTC)There's been a lot of talk about the Foley scandal, but I think the administration made HUGE missteps in publicly endorsing torture, and holding political prisoners without counsel, and unrestricted spying on its own citizenry. The lessons the Third Reich taught have not been entirely forgotten yet, and those in power were a little too blatant in showing contempt for the people at home as well as enemies (both real and manufactured) overseas.
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Date: 2006-11-09 03:23 pm (UTC)*snickers* Really.
I think the administration made HUGE missteps in publicly endorsing torture, and holding political prisoners without counsel, and unrestricted spying on its own citizenry.
Yes, you're right.
Bush: "I stand for your values."
Religious right: "Torture? Stalin-esque spying?"
The argument may have been worked such that for the religious right to argue with it, they'd have to say they're endorsing terrorism, but it seems that Bush has forgotten that the religious groups are the same people who send money to Save The Children Fund. I've no doubt the torture bill disturbed them.
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