Trampling the Constitution with great merriment

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http://pmcarpenter.blogs.com/p_m_carpenters_commentary/2007/06/trampling-the-c.html

Trampling the Constitution with great merriment
pm carpenter

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This White House has no "respect" for anyone or anything except its own grotesquely obese power; it "regrets" absolutely nothing it ever does; it is scarcely being "forced down" any undesired path; the "unfortunate" part is wholly of its own choosing; it seeks to "avoid" nothing but scandalously delayed accountability; and any act of "mutual accommodation" is as foreign to these bullying blackguards as sweaty fornication is to Pope Benedict XVI.

And there has ensued yet more black comedy. "The White House has said it would allow current or former White House officials to speak to the committee only under strict limitations. Specifically, Bush has insisted that the officials not be compelled to testify under oath, that their testimony not be recorded or transcribed and they speak to a limited number of lawmakers in private."

To that, Leahy and Conyers should reply to Mr. Bush with this brief, slightly modified but pointedly relevant line from "Arthur," in which the exasperated John Gielgud instructs the incorrigible Dudley Moore: "Perhaps you would like us to wash your dick for you, too ... you little shit."

But they won't, of course. Instead, they'll pound their mighty chests and bellow platitudinous nothings, which Mr. Leahy has already previewed: "Increasingly, the president and vice president feel they are above the law. In America no one is above law."

Quaint, indeed, but the president has some news for you, Senator. And in the nick of time, the right-wing courts will confirm it.

So should you give it up, Senator? Just concede your impotence and defeat? Plant a crown on Arthur's illiterate head and a scepter in his bratty hands and declare the game over? Here's a helpful hint. You'll never beat this clown as long as your party keeps impeachment off the table. You've nothing to threaten him with.