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Monday, March 01, 2004
Chutzpah
Maureen Dowd has a great line about Bush's shabby treatment of the 9/11 Commission, given his not-so-subtle desire to run for reelection on all things 9/11:
It is a triumph of chutzpah for Mr. Bush to thwart the investigation into 9/11 at the same time he seeks re-election by promoting his handling of 9/11 and scaring us with the specter of more terrorism. He's even using 9/11 memorials as the backdrop for his convention in New York.
As upset as I am that Judge Silberman is chair of the commission investigating the intelligence failures, since he's as strong a member of the right wing conspiracy as any and someone clearly violated judicial ethics throughout the Clinton Administration, is chair, is as happy I am that McCain is on there:
Mr. McCain said he's expecting the same administration "obfuscation and delay" when he sits on Mr. Bush's hand-picked intelligence review board. "That's why I made sure I got subpoena power," he said. "No bureaucracy will willingly give you information that may be embarrassing to them."
Especially not such a secretive, paranoid and high-handed administration. Bush officials act as though they own 9/11, even while refusing to own up to any 9/11 mistakes.
Because of 9/11, they think they can suspend the Constitution, blow off investigators, attack nations pre-emptively, and keep Americans afraid by waging a war against terrorism that can never be won.
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