IMPEACH BUSH
IMPEACH CHENEY
KEEPING SPITZER IN PERSPECTIVE
The corporate media may be disappointed that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation today. He will leave office on March 17 and the media won't have the "sex scandal" to flog 24/7 the way they did the Monica story during the Clinton administration. Sex is so much more marketable than crony capitalism or torture or immoral wars. This commentary by Robert Scheer is at www.smirkingchimp.com:
The sad truth is that reporting on major corruption, say, the rationalizations of a president who has authorized torture, doesn't cut it as a marketing bonanza. Just days before this grand expose, the president vetoed a bill banning torture, and instead of being greeted with horrified disgust, the president's deep denigration of this nation's presumed ideals was met with a vast public yawn. Torture, unlike paid sex, doesn't have legs as a news story.
Sex sells, and frankly it would seem far more exploitative for the news media to pimp this tale to the public than anything that VIP escort service did with the pitiable governor. His behavior was not really any more wretched than messing around with a young and vulnerable White House intern who didn't even get paid for her efforts, yet Bill Clinton survived that one, whereas Spitzer was presumed dead on the arrival of this "news." The New York Times, which editorially has supported the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, whose vast White House experience clearly did not include corralling her husband, now editorializes contemptuously about Spitzer's betrayal of the public trust as well as about his exploitation of his "ashen-faced" wife, who, like Hillary, stood by her man.
BUSH AND ELITES ARE DISGUSTING
George W. Bush, attired in a tuxedo, made an appearance at the swanky Gridiron Club and sang a little ditty to the melody of "Green, Green Grass of Home." Bush mocked the multitude of scandals in his administration and the elite crowd there laughed uproariously. Murderous wars are funny now. Crony capitalism is hilarious. People going without healthcare is a hoot. Global climate change is rib-tickling. These people look upon the rest of us with contempt. We're here to do all the dirty jobs that make their cushy lives possible. This article by Cindy Sheehan is at www.smirkingchimp.com:
With the unbelievable 5th anniversary of "shock and awe" looming before us like a dark cancer that is out of control, the Buffoon in Chief, George W. Bush, once again tormented the nation with another obscene display of idiocy. This time at the Gridiron Club. Singing to the tune of "Green, Green Grass of Home" he warbles about the major scandals of his administration: Valerie Plame; Katrina; cronyism; Harriet Miers and Brownie; Dick Cheney and the fatal attraction (for our troops and innocent people in the Middle East) that they all have for the Saudi Royal Family, etc.
The worst thing about the performance, besides that anyone would think that almost 8 years of unpunished high crimes and misdemeanors is anywhere near approaching funny, the stellar-in-their-own-minds, Washington "Elite" and some of the press corps were laughing uproariously and gave the traitor wearing a tuxedo and a cowboy hat a standing ovation.
Cameras were banned that night and from what I understand, agreements were made that video would not be shot, but still the song can be heard on YouTube. I get the feeling when these modern day Vampires get together like this, they frequently laugh at the rest of us with their parodies of heartache and devastation and chuckle all the way to the bank when they cash their paychecks drawn on the blood of so many innocent people.
