Slow-motion blow-ups of Delay's and Bolton's careers...

[ailsagirl]

Bloody, Bold, and Resolute
Matt Davis
The Left Coaster

I continue to watch the slow-motion blow-ups of Tom DeLay's and John Bolton's political careers with both delight and apprehension. Part of it is pure schadenfreude; both DeLay and Bolton rank among the biggest jerks in American politics (and they're ugly, to boot).

But there's more; oh, there's more. As I noted yesterday, DeLay's attempts to divert attention from his impending legal difficulties by attacking the judiciary are growing increasingly crazy. Now that Ralph Reed and Grover Norquist have gotten their subpoenas, DeLay's counterattack will almost certainly grow even more intense, like a wounded, rabid badger who found a stash of PCP.

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The Decembrist's Mark Schmitt notes that we're witnessing the moment that all command-and-control structures experience, when their own internal discipline makes it impossible for them to find solutions to their external crises...

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http://www.theleftcoaster.com/
(scroll down the page for the whole article)

[Itchinjim]

1. "like a wounded, rabid badger who found a stash of PCP"

Hee hee, I love that line. Very Dr. Thompsonesque.

[LibertyorDeath]

2. How sweet it is.

[mattclearing]

3. This is only the beginning.

Look at Oliver North, Henry Kissinger, or G. Gordon Liddy.

Or the whole Bush family.

It can go anywhere from here.

People have a way of getting away with things when they are working at the forefront of a movement.