Wednesday, July 14

It's So Overwhelming, It's Got To Be Planned

We're talking about all the scandalous fallout as a result of this administration's actions. When anyone - even a family member - blatantly causes all these problems and questionable actions, you just throw your hands in the air and give up. This must be the GOP strategy - to inundate us with so much over-the-top nonsense that it's impossible to comprehend it all. Things like:
Federal Web sites posted blast at Kerry

Searching for "Kerry" on the Department of Homeland Security's Web site Tuesday afternoon turned up an unexpected top hit: a Republican attack on the Democratic presidential candidate.
Advocates of War Now Profit From Iraq's Reconstruction

In the months and years leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, they marched together in the vanguard of those who advocated war.

As lobbyists, public relations counselors and confidential advisors to senior federal officials, they warned against Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, praised exiled leader Ahmad Chalabi, and argued that toppling Saddam Hussein was a matter of national security and moral duty.

Now, as fighting continues in Iraq, they are collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fees for helping business clients pursue federal contracts and other financial opportunities in Iraq.
White House, CIA snub Senate panel

The White House and the CIA have refused to give the Senate Intelligence Committee a one-page summary of prewar intelligence in Iraq prepared for President Bush that contains few of the qualifiers and none of the dissent spelled out in longer intelligence reviews, according to congressional officials.
Colin Powell no globe-trotter
He's least traveled secretary of state in 30 years
And that's just TODAY, folks. So what will probably get all the play today? What else? Sex.
Top Democratic Fund-Raiser Charged With Prostitution

Real estate developer and political fund-raiser Charles Kushner of Livingston, New Jersey, was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and interstate promotion of prostitution.
And of course...stay scared. They play us for fools. Sadly, they're probably right.