AttorneyGate, Here We Come!!

When your hero last left you and stopped posting on this blog back in Octoboer, we were mired down in a war in Iraq and we were being led by a cabal of raving idiots who were doing far more damage to our country than any terrorist could ever hope to inflict.

In 5+ months, these things haven't changed. But there's a ray of hope brought about by both the 2006 elections when finally, the public elected a Congress that wasn't merely a Politburo rubber stamp organ, as well as by the very venal criminality and arrogance of the Bush Administration.

AttorneyGate.

Now, a bit of background here. Ever since the ill-fated decision was made to invade Iraq, I've been croaking "Vietnam" just like that goddamn raven in Poe. Sadly, events over the past 4 years have borne this out.

But it's gone even further than getting bogged down in an impossible war where we've tried to fight a conventional war against an unconventional enemy without any fucking clue as to the culture and underlying hostilities that existed in the country. These hostilities were kept under control by the heavy hand of Saddam Hussein, who understood in a brutal realpolitik way that if a holy war erupted, his head would end up on a stake. Even the US agreed, and after the fall of Iran back in the late 70s, the US SUPPORTED Hussein as a bulwark against the crazed Islamic fundamentalist of Iran. But then Saddam went and screwed the pooch by invading Kuwait and we forgot all about Iran.

But I'm getting far afield. Back to Vietnam. Watergate directly sprung from Vietnam. Nixon was paranoid about his "enemies" in the anti-war movement and used whatever means he could to spy on them and punish them, including getting the IRS to go through their financial records and conduct punitive audits, having the FBI and CIA conduct warrantless wiretaps, and breaking into offices and homes to gain unauthorized access to other records.

Does any of this sound like anything that's happened, oh, in the last 6 years or so? Patriot Act, anybody? Especially now that the Justice Dept has said that the government has improperly investigated citizens without due cause or following even the lame procedures laid out in the Patriot Act.

Then there's the Plame Affair, where the Administration outed a CIA agent to punish her and her husband and for which the White House tossed loyal waterboy Scooter Libby under the bus. Just for the record, if Libby is going to end up in prison, there will be a mysterious release of incriminating evidence showing that Libby was merely playing Good Nazi in outing Plame and Following Orders sent by Rove and Cheney. This leak will eventually be traced to Libby's wife, who clearly cracked at his trial. I bet she has Woodward's cellie on speed dial and is just waiting to make that call.

And now we have the rancid frosting on the cake. In December of 2006, 8 US Attorneys were fired by Attorney General Gonzales.

The Administration at first claimed that these firings were for poor job performances, until it was revealed that all had very good recent performance reviews. Then they argued that all presidents replace the US attorneys and that this is SOP.

Except why only 8? Not only that, Clinton- who the GOP points to as the prime example- let go of ALL the attorneys at the START of his administration. Not 6 years in or after a midterm election.

The number is fishy and the timing positively sucks.

No, the reasons are far deeper and venal. 6 of the fired US Attorneys were conducting active investigations into corruption involving GOP lawmakers and there are very strong hints that the Administration leaned on them to stop their investigations during the 2006 election season and when they didn't play ball, they paid for it with their jobs.

Another of the attorneys said he was pressured to open a bogus investigation against a Democrat.

This, Dear Readers, is not only ugly, it is a crime. Obstruction of Justice. And it's a serious one.

How serious?

Here's the First Article of Impeachment that was filed against Nixon:

In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his consitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice


Yes, we are talking impeachable offenses.

Now, the GOP will scream bloody fucking murder just because, well, getting a blowjob from a curvy little intern is certainly a crime, but breaking actual laws??? Perish the thought, unless one is breaking drug laws and isn't named Rush Limbaugh.

Even (I believe) Nancy Pelosi came out and uttered the phrase "Obstruction of Justice" today.

El Presidente is in serious fucking trouble. He can't duck this, because there are emails sent from Gonzalez to Rove discussing these dismissals. Odds are that a little digging will reveal emails to Dubya from Rove.

We know what's going to happen next.

A> Gonzalez has been given the equivalent of the Mafia "kiss of death" when Dubya publically came out and offered up what sounded a lot like "you're doing a heckuva job, Brownie" to Gonzalez. We know he's about to be tossed under the bus and he's going to be expected to keep his fucking mouth shut.

But there are those emails....

There will be an investigation opened up and the White House has already mumbled about "executive privilege", showing once again they have no fucking clue. The last time a President did that- Nixon- the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against him and ordered him to turn over the tapes.

See, the GOP has forgotten that this is not a monarchy or a dictatorship, but they are about to get reminded in a very harsh and rude manner.

Congress is feeling their oats. Bolstered by a public that has had it with these slimeball lying jodyfucks who've shamed our country, looted the treasury, killed 3300+ of our own troops thanks to their lies, and unleashed a hellish civil war that could very well turn into a world war, Congress is ready to move against them.

It's no coincidence that Dick Cheney is up to his nutsack in all this. He was there when Nixon came within a whisker of getting hauled off in leg irons, and he has spent the years since scheming to restore the Imperial Presidency. Well, he got his wish, but once again, he's about to get slapped again like a little prison pussy bitch.

I would say the odds are very heavy that we are going to see Cheney resign for "health reasons" and get his ass over to the special fortified bunker that has no doubt already been built for him in the Halliburton complex in Dubai. No doubt the suitable officials have been paid at least $10 million of the $500 million that "disappeared" from our aid package to Iraq, with another $10 million paid to them if they refuse to honor any extradition requests for Cheney and to just keep their mouths shut until Cheney finally dies. But until he finally passes away, he'll spend his days dictating his memoirs while naked teenage eunichs feed him peeled grapes.

With Cheney gone, Bush would appoint a new VP, somebody he could easily blackmail. My money's on Santorum. There's something creepy about him and I bet there's already a dossier with photos in Rove's desk. In exchange for making sure Santorum would pardon Dubya, Rove would make sure the file never ends up on Bob Woodward's desk.

I then think a lot of pressure would be brought to bear upon Dubya to resign and let Santorum finish out the term. Dubya's a dead man walking and a true lame duck- there's nothing he can do to salvage his presidency. Santorum's first act would be to pardon Dubya. This would bring the Right Wing Nutjobs of the GOP back on board in time for the '08 election.

Dubya would then probably end up being whisked to a compound run by the neo-Nazis up in Idaho in order to protect him against any possible commando raids by German Special Forces seeking to "extraordinarily render" Dubya's ass to The Hague to stand trial for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.

I also think that Santorum would bring in McCain as VP, knowing that being associated with the pardon would completely destroy McCain's future chances at getting the GOP nomination because the GOPers would know he wouldn't stand the proverbial snowball's chance in hell at winning a general election. McCain scares the GOP- he's not always a team player, and this would be the only chance they'd have to cripple him once and for all.

This all sounds crazy and paranoid, but after Watergate, who can truly say? This scenario is the only chance they have for weaseling out of this mess with the minimal number of people getting slapped in jail.

If I had to lay odds, Libby, Rove, and one or two other minor Bushies will end up doing time, but that's it.

That's my prediction for now. Let's see what happens later this month when Leahy starts to conduct his hearings. Who will be the first to cave in and show their soft white underbelly? And will the White House make good on its threat to invoke 'executive privilege'? All signs point to yes, since they are entirely ignorant of the law.

Stay tuned!