tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post9145140573377975803..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: South of the border againtowniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-57036208974251590912009-05-20T11:43:25.111-04:002009-05-20T11:43:25.111-04:00I see this as a measured attempt by the Democrats ...I see this as a measured attempt by the Democrats to hobble the right wing of the GOP. The torture memoes are the main plank of this and the main response from the republicans is a call for an inquiry/charges to be laid and to send out people like Cheney to defend the torture policy. <br /><br />The democrats will never let any formal inquiry be set up as the Memoes are going to give them the presidency for the next 8 yrs and possibly the House and the Senate too. Cheney's blustering on TV is a good tactic in terms of trying to face down the issue but only if he wins. The problem for "dead eye" Dick is that he isn't just fighting the Democrats, he is fighting a whole disenfranchised segment of the Republican Party.<br /><br />Ventura and his ilk are the alienated moderates in the GOP who are now coming back with a vengence. They aren't Obama's catspaw they are socially progressive and fiscally conservative Americans who were ignored in the part for the past 30 yrs by the GOP but never felt comfortable in the DP. These people are alot more like you and I than anything we might previously have seen in the GOP. <br /><br />The outlook for Cheney and the supporters of the Bush admin is pretty bleak. The only way they can avoid their legacy being forever labelled as "Torturer" is if Obama calls an inquiry or brings up members of the Bush admin on criminal charges. That would give those not charged cover to continue their work in the party ("It wasn't me etc., etc. - it was those bad people over there!") but it won't happen.<br /><br />Anyway - I hope Cheney and his ilk are forever remembered as the men who brought a great country to its nadir. These people are too corrupted to punish. All they deserve is public scorn, which is coincidentally exactly what Ventura is doling out in large amounts.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14401558992050889178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-38128965282835452032009-05-19T19:33:00.401-04:002009-05-19T19:33:00.401-04:00Barack and Jessie. Damn spellcheck. ;-)Barack and Jessie. Damn spellcheck. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com