Schadenfreude: An Ode to Joy

Toward the end of Oliver Stone's Nixon, Anthony Hopkins tells his uneasy staff of goons that "It's the lie that gets you".

George Bush et al. have constructed not only a past, but a future, that at best can be called a "lie" and, perhaps, more aptly "criminal", definately negligent, certainly malicious, and have thus far gotten away with it, not withstanding Scooter Libby, who has been thrown to wolves in Dick Cheney's stead.

Karl Rove, the svengali, Karl Rove, possibly the most powerful non elected official in this republic's history (yes, that includes Ford), has, with the snarling cold warriors like Rumsfeld (a man who's place in history is secured, like all war criminals) and Wolfowitz, the NeoCon ideologue (emphasis on the con) have thus far been spared, with Rummy in retirement, and Wolfowitz, mirroring McNamara, taking a job at the World Bank. Both were architects of illegal, immoral wars; One has spent years apologizing. One got his girlfriend a job-putting the Con in NeoCon.

It seems as though this might possibly change soon.

The Gonzalez Affair, in which, it seems that nothing "technically" illegal may have occured, has been met with obstruction and obfuscation in a manner not seen since Watergate.

The Administration keeps telling us that they have nothing to hide, yet continue to hide everything, and if nothin "illegal" happened, then why fight so hard? It seems that today, Gonzalez, who some in the media have aptly dubbed "Fredo", may have to spill the beans, and, perhaps, Rove will get dragged in as well.

Central to this issue, in my mind, is not the fired Attorneys, but instead the systematic disinformation and dirty tricks perpetuated in order to create this Imperial Catastrophe we call our Executive Branch, that has lied us into war, killed habeas corpus, spied on its people in the ostensible attempt to fight some ambiguous "them". Folks..."them" are us.

So, it'll be fun to watch all of this unfold, and I don't feel the least bit sorry about gloating about it, either. Tyrants should always get it in the end.


Update: Audacity in the extreme: “I am here today to do my part to ensure that all facts about this matter are brought to light...” and Leahy reminds us why this is so important.