They intend to lie. There is no other way to interpret Bush's challenge. After employing the usual tactic of burying investigators beneath a mountain of paperwork -- with the choice nuggets floating in a sea of irrelevancies -- Bush has announced that his staffers will not testify; they will be "interviewed" without being under oath. There is but one reason for this refusal to be sworn: They intend to lie.See? Nothing needs adding.
More than that. They would not intend to lie about the prosecutor firings unless they had something dire to hide.
Congress' disgusting capitulations on Iran and Iraq war spending have dimmed public enthusiasm for a Democratic-controlled House and Senate. The Democratic leadership understands, I think, that they have to show some backbone here, or they all their hard-fought gains will be lost. And so it comes down to a fight.
On this issue.
Frankly, I'm surprised. There are so many other scandals -- why this one?
Well, there is nothing for it. In battle, chance may choose the field against the will of the commanders. Here is the field; here is the battle: Congress must scour those documents, find good reason to subpoena the President himself, offering no deals, no wriggle room. When he does not cooperate (and he will not): IMPEACH.
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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This is from Joseph Cannon over at his blog: Cannonfire. There is nothing to add. He says it all.
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