It's Over for Bush (Editorial from "The Nation")

[Human Torch]

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061127/editors

It's Over for Bush

editorial | posted November 9, 2006 (November 27, 2006 issue)



The year 2006 will long be remembered as the Great Retribution--or perhaps the Deliverance Election. George W. Bush's presidency is toast. Bush's potential to further harm the Republic has been greatly reduced. Most Americans stopped believing anything he said a good while back. This was their opportunity to tell him to his face. And they did, with such force and breadth that maybe even he and his cronies heard them.

Much credit goes to the voters and the Democratic Party. Not many off-year elections move history in a fundamental way, but this one did. Americans have elected an opposition that can now check the Administration's destructive policies and investigate its actions at home and abroad, while at the same time putting forth policies that begin to reverse the damage of the past six years. African-American and Latino voters were crucial to the Democratic victory, with a significantly higher percentage of Latinos than in the last midterms voting against the Bush agenda.

The losers, starting with Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, who resigned immediately, deserve no sympathy. They have "ruled"--not governed--with cold arrogance and a frightening willingness to ignore the law, including the Constitution. Their Republican legions marched along in lock step, collecting boodle for themselves as they went. By expressing their disgust, voters have made three great gains. It's true these gains are not yet fully secure. Bush still holds power. The Senate results are not yet settled. But power relationships in Washington have been utterly altered.

The first is the repudiation of Bush and his corrupt presidency, in which everything was for sale, and scandals--corporate and personal--became commonplace. Bush is now naked in his weakness. In some ways this could make him more dangerous in the two years ahead, but Democrats have the power to stop his outrages and excesses. There will be talk of "bipartisanship," as there is after every election. But this fight is not over, and there is no room for compromise with boneheaded intransigence.

[MadMaddie]

1. Yes the fight is not over until he and his cabal are impeached..

[Cobalt-60]

2. Keep them on the ropes.

This administration should be forced on a daily basis to defend its torture and economic oppression in the open.
The fascist brand should be burned so deep into their faces that only the guillotine can provide relief.

[babylonsister]

3. Rec'd! I love The Nation, and this is so spot on! nt

[Palladin]

4. Cheney's the dangerous

one. Still pulling the strings, from an undisclosed location. Helping the neocons and his foreign constituents to blow up the world. Bush jr is just a convenient punching bag now. Cheney delendum est

[Human Torch]

5. ...and a big helping of "41"...

I'm thinking it's more Poppy Bush and less Dick Cheney, but who knows. Bush "43" is damaged goods, out of favor with practically everyone except his weepin' pappy.

:patriot:

[understandinglife]

6. "Bush is now naked in his weakness." Yep.

Recommended.

[Mind_your_head]

7. Intransigent - describes the shrub (and company) perfectly!

There will be talk of "bipartisanship," as there is after every election. But this fight is not over, and there is no room for compromise with boneheaded intransigence.

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Main Entry: in·tran·si·gent
Pronunciation: -j&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Spanish intransigente, from in- + transigente, present participle of transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to come to an agreement -- more at TRANSACT
: characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING <intransigent in their opposition> <an intransigent attitude>

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/intransigent

[blue agave]

8. What a dorky expression on dummya's face -

how embarrassing ... like this has never happened before

[Skittles]

11. It is reminding me of someone.............

[savemefromdumbya]

9. Pelosi 07

with bush n' cheney gone.....

[left of center]

10. About a year ago I began to assume that everything that

came out of the Bush Administration was a lie. How could one think otherwise in light of their track record!