Attorneys Rights
What does the administration have to loose if they let Karl Rove and Harriet Miers testify under oath with a transcript of their testimony made public? That is the question we should all be asking whether you find yourself on the left or right side of the aisle. What does George W Bush have to loose when 40% of the American people strongly disagree with the job that George W Bush is doing? What could Karl or Harriet possibly say that would frighten the Bush administration so much? Obviously there are a few people that still support the administration. Perhaps George W Bush worries that something that Karl or Harriet might say would cause further erosion of his supporters. Maybe there are things that George W Bush would rather not have his base know.
After all, the argument that the Bush administration makes for not allowing Karl and Harriet to testify under oath is a bit weak. He says that the Democrats would use the testimony for political advantage. Since when is the truth something that could be used for political advantage? ;-} So, the Bush administration is saying that they do not want Karl and Harriet to testify under oath. An oath that only asks them to tell the truth! In other words, he doesn’t want what Karl and Harriet say to be tied to anything that might be verified as the truth. I think that it is pretty obvious that George W Bush would rather have Karl and Harriet lie about these things. And, of course, George W Bush is asking that no transcript be taken. In other words he doesn’t want any record of the lies that they tell. But, he is implying that the Democrats are trying to make this into some kind of political issue. How disingenuous!
Jay Leno summed it up pretty well last night on the Tonight Show. He responded to the Bush administration’s reaction to not allow Karl Rove and Harriet Miers to testify under oath because it would be used to some political advantage. Jay pointed out that the whole problem was created because the Bush administration had fired the US Attorneys because of political advantage.
These attorneys that have been fired would actually like to have it on the record that they were fired because of political friction with the administration. At least a competent attorney could still find a job is there is a public record stating that reasons behind their firing. But, if the administration has its way, then these attorneys may find it difficult to find a job when the official reason for their firing is incompetence. But the Bush administration’s objective is not only spite against these attorneys, but also to create fear in the attorneys that remain. The Bush administration wants to restrict any attorney from following any cases except the cases that fall under the Bush administration’s agenda. And, we all know that their agenda is to further their interests in preserving their power, wealth and capital.
The Bush administration doesn’t want Karl Rove to tell the truth. Hence, he shouldn’t be forced to testify under oath, which might leave him open to criticism or perhaps even perjury when the truth does finally come out. The Bush administration, which prides itself on its secrecy, consistently says one thing in public and a completely different story behind the closed doors of the oval office. They try to create the illusion of satisfying the base Christians and Libertarians with one story, but they have their personal agenda of class and wealth above all in private. They have used their political power to get what they want without regard for the country as a whole.
The truth is that they have nothing to fear from the Democrats and the far left if the truth were to come out. However, they do fear further erosion of their base if the truth were to be exposed. And if that truth were exposed by the insiders and under oath their base would be shocked by how totally unconcerned that they were about the nation as a whole.
The sad thing is that only a small fraction of Americans sitting at the top of our economy truly benefited from the Bush administration in the last six years. He has enraged terrorists and most of the nations of the world against us. He has taken away protections from the weakest Americans. The only reason that the Bush administration has changed course in any way was when his political base realized that George W Bush was taking advantage of him. Harriet Miers’ nomination to the Supreme Court is a prime example of this. So, the main fear of the administration is that the truth of the Bush agenda may be exposed under oath and that would be a real political nightmare for not only this administration, but for the power structure of the Republican Party itself.
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Don't forget what Stephen Colbert said, "Reality has a well-known liberal bias."
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