Paul Begala: The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
Paul Begala: The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
#0Paul Begala: The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
Posted: 10/28/05 at 2:40pm
Must-reading for all the smug, scornful PapaLovesMambos of the Republican persuasion:
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The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
As a former Clinton aide, the indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby and the announcement that Karl Rove remains in the prosecutorial hot-seat gives me no schadenfreude. First because many of my fellow Texans in the Bush White House are friends of mine; others are acquaintances I've known for years. I feel their pain.
Second, because no one who loves the White House and reveres the presidency can take joy in seeing it besmirched. And third, because the ultimate result of the alleged criminal conduct was to march 2,000 young heroes off to die in an unjust, unwise, unprovoked and unwarranted war.
The plain fact is that after a seven year non-stop investigato-rama, no senior Clinton White House official was ever even charged with wrongdoing. Much less indicted. Much less convicted. In fact, the highest-ranking Clinton official to be convicted of wrongdoing in connection with his public duties was the chief of staff to the Agriculture Secretary. Betcha five bucks you can't even name the Clinton Agriculture Secretary in question, much less his chief of staff. Unlike Nixon (whose Watergate crimes were manifest), unlike Reagan (whose White House was corrupted by the Iran-Contra crimes), unlike Bush 41 (who pardoned White House aides and Cabinet officers before they could testify against him), Bill Clinton presided over the most ethical White House staff in decades.
And yet George W. Bush campaigned on a pledge to "restore honor and decency to the Oval Office." He spoke of moms and dads on the campaign trail who showed him photos of their children and asked him to give them a president their kids could be proud of....
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The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
#1re: Paul Begala: The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
Posted: 10/28/05 at 3:07pmPaul Begala is doing his own happy dance right now!
#2re: Paul Begala: The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
Posted: 10/28/05 at 3:08pmYWIW--May I have the honor of this Happy Dance?
#3re: Paul Begala: The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
Posted: 10/28/05 at 3:11pm
You May.
Happy Dance, Happy Dance, Happy Happy Happy Dance.
Why I am doing a Happy Dance?
Because these men are not above the law, despite what they themselves might think.
#4re: Paul Begala: The False Moral Superiority of the Bush White House
Posted: 10/28/05 at 3:15pm
"these men are not above the law"
You know I've been trying for days to put into words why liberals like me are so excited about the indictments and you hit the nail on the head. We've been yelling and waving our arms trying to get anyone to notice what's been going on in this administration and someone's finally listened.
These Men Are Not Above the Law!
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