October 28, 2006


IMPEACH BUSH




IMPEACH CHENEY


LIKE DESERTING RATS

The pundit class in this country has been enabling George W. Bush and his hideous policies since he stole his way into the White House. Now right-wing pundits, who were only to happy to act as an echo chamber for Bush, suddenly are seeking higher ground while Bush's administration crashes. This column by Glenn Greenwald is at glenngreenwald.blogspot.com:

There is nothing wrong with acknowledging one's errors and changing one's mind. When it is genuine, that is a commendable attribute which ought to be encouraged. But that isn't what is happening with the Peggy Noonans of the world (including the serious, moderate Beltway pundits who spent the last five years lecturing all of us on the importance of Supporting the President). They aren't admitting anything. To the contrary, they are pretending to be something that they are not -- namely, wise, objective, insightful analysts who all along have long seen the flaws in the President that have caused his presidency to collapse.

They are not analysts who have changed their minds or bravely recognized their errors. They are just self-serving, deceitful rats jumping a sinking ship that they long helped to keep afloat. Worse, they are doing so while pretending that they were never really on board (Noonan: "it's clear now to everyone in the Republican Party that Mr. Bush has changed the modern governing definition of 'conservative.' He did this without asking. He did it even without explaining"). If Bush's popularity skyrocketed tomorrow, their gushing praise would instantaneously return.