It’s been a long time, and revisionism has been running at full speed, so I’m not sure how people react to the Viet Nam era phrase, “We had to destroy the village to save it.”
I bring this up because our President seems bound to destroy the Constitution to save it, and I wonder what people are thinking about that.
As amply documented by Charlie Savage (summary and link to Boston Globe’s registration site here), George W. Bush is attempted to subsume both the legislative and judicial branches of government under the presidency.
While I find this infuriating, my fury isn’t so much directed at George W. Bush, whom I basically regard as a stupid fool. Rather, I am bitterly disappointed and angry with the people who elected him and our various watchdog institutions — notably the news media — who are failing to pillory him at every opportunity.
Perhaps one of my readers can point to some success of this presidency, but in both foreign and domestic affairs, he is destined for the utter contempt of history.
But again, the larger question is, can we trust democracy? We have democratically elected someone who is acting with utter contempt for both our laws and the interests of the vast majority of the citizens of this country and the world. When will the electorate begin again to act it its own interests? When will demand responsible government from its leaders?
Enough!