Are we headed for another 'Watergate-like' meltdown?

[Blackhatjack]

The bloom is definitely off the rose as far as Republicans sticking with the President headed into the next election cycle. And Republicans are abandoning the Iraq War strategy, just a trickle now but soon a flood.

The amount of corruption being unearthed by Congressional committees far exceeds what has been publicly disclosed, and Repubs 'know' what is coming down the pike.

What does the future hold for such a corrupt regime?

[porphyrian]

1. Nothing short of removal and accountability for their crimes, I hope. - n/t

[AndreaCG]

2. Sure as shooting

I bet Shrub's handlers have to work overtime to keep him off the booze and pills to be semi lucid for important events. Cheney is off the wall batshit crazy but more in control of his emotions (what emotions?) The Dems need to keep hammering. I hope they have the guts.

[Skidmore]

3. I sure hope so.

From your lips to the universal ear.

[dkofos]

4. Vacation on the beach in Panama, counting all the money they

stole from the taxpayers!!

[blm]

5. Watergate was jaywalking compared to IranContra-BCCI and Iraqgate and the ever popular

CIA drugrunning that helped fund the other scandals. 9-11 and this Iraq war and the BAE scandal are extensions of those crimes of office.

Bush2 is CONTINUING the crimewave for the BFEE - he and Cheney are just more upfront about it because the corpmedia has given him so much teflon over the last 8 years that they didn't give a rat's ass about even 'appearing' to be honest governors.

[radfringe]

6. hope so - but since impeachment is off the table

don't see how that can be held over bush/cheney's heads and force resignation

[onenote]

7. I think we could be

And while abandoning chimpy may save some repubs, its worth keeping in mind that even though the repubs effectively threw nixon overboard in 1974, they still took a massive beating in the next congressional elections.

Similarly, while shifting gears on the war may insulate some repubs, they still have their opposition to the first timetable vote and their support for chimpy's veto to explain.

[tbyg52]

8. Yes, please. nt

[AndyA]

9. I hope that these investigations reveal a flood of wrongdoing on the part

of George Bush and Dick Cheney. So much so that impeachment is placed on the table immediately, and served steaming hot.

This is all very reminiscent of the days of Watergate, which festered for a long time before boiling over. And once the sh!t hit the fan, it was over for Tricky Dick. I hope the same holds true for Butt Wipe and Dirty Dick.

Isn't it funny how there's always a Dick involved? :rofl:

[Firespirit]

10. Honestly -- I doubt it.

The corruption is being uncovered in Congress, but the media aren't giving it airplay. It's now abundantly clear that they only covered it in 2006 because it was an election year and thus "the story of the moment." And for the Bushies, the key players behind most of the real crap -- Bush, Cheney, Gonzo, Rove, and Condi -- all seem to be in a tightly knit circle. I don't see any of the major players going down yet like in the Nixon administration.

Sorry. :shrug:

[cassiepriam]

13. I don't like it, but I agree with you.

[Phredicles]

11. Ideally, The Hague,

But I'm okay with a Ceaucescu Christmas, too.

[Kazak]

12. Just you wait 'til the 911 stuff comes to light...

:D

[damntexdem]

14. Coup d' etat?

That's what I worry about. Otherwise, I think they will fall; or else they will bring the GOP down almost totally in November 2008.

[warren pease]

17. The coup's already happened...

That's what it was when they stole the white house in 2000 and 2004. Difference is, this next one may well be violent and bloody.

Consider that we're "governed" by pure malevolent sociopaths and world-class thieves whose only agenda is continuous enrichment of themselves and their corporate cronies through things like insane levels of war spending and privatization of absolutely everything not already controlled by our multinational lords and masters. I doubt they have any intention of screwing up such a perfect setup by complying with the 22nd Amendment.

Throw in the patriot act and military commissions act for a bit of lock-down social control, add the presence of up to 150,000 Blackwater mercs, the Bush mafia enforcers, training for urban warfare in at least three private US bases and, the cherry on top, the two executive orders Bush signed back in May which give him alone the responsibility "for ensuring constitutional government" -- which I think isn't meant to be a joke.

These docs are called "National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51" and "Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20" and give Bush, and Bush alone, the power to declare a state of emergency based on local or national disasters -- Katrina II, CA earthquake, Mississippi River flooding, 9/11: The Sequel -- and best of all, he gets to define what constitutes a sufficiently catastrophic condition to warrant invoking these thinly disguised blueprints for martial law.

So keep your seat belt on. Should be an interesting 2008.


wp

[KoKo]

15. Sorting through Decades of Mess...who knows...it's up to People to determine what

it's all about. :shrug:

[redqueen]

16. I hope for more than that.

Nixon was let off the hook for his crimes.

It'd be a shame to see these treasonous monsters walk away.

[hang a left]

18. nt