So much has happened over the last couple of days. The President has become a King under the "Unitary Executive Theory." Under a theory Sam Alito supports, the President can decide to ignore whatever laws he wants -- doesn't that make him a dictator?
That might sound like hyperbole, but it's a serious question. If there are no checks to his power under this theory which he has used repeatedly in his signing statements (a statement he issues that says he won't necessarily follow the law he just signed), then what does prevent him from being above the law? What laws will he follow? How far does his Unitary Executive power stretch? Is there anything he feels he doesn't have the power to do under this theory?
And how bummed are the Republicans going to feel when there's a Democratic President with the same level of unchecked power?
Then there is the desperate attempt of the Republicans and their mainstream media henchmen to try to paint the Jack Abramoff scandal as nonpartisan. The guy has raised $100,000 for President Bush (which, of course, the President won't return). His right hand man, Michael Scanlon was the spokesman for Tom DeLay. 21 out of the 24 politicians who have returned money to Abramoff are Republicans. On and on and on.
By the way, is anyone going to look into all the "tainted laws" that were passed as a result of Jack Abramoff's dirty money?
And finally, as I was reading about the 183 people killed in Iraq over the last two days something really jumped out at me. This has always amused me but no one seems to comment on it, as if it is perfectly normal. The party that won the most votes in Iraq's recent election was The Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
We invaded a country that did not attack us and didn't even have any weapons so that we could give them democracy so they could elect The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. How proud those neo-cons must feel. The Islamic Revolution in Iraq has begun. Mission Accomplished!