Not So Fast, My Friends

Is anyone really surprised that despite the jury’s verdict and the sentence imposed by a Republican judge that Chucklehead has made it possible for Scooter Libby to avoid going to jail? While I’m not surprised that Chucklehead has intervened, I’m a little surprised that he did so before the appeals process had run its course. I was really looking forward to seeing of one of these people paying for their crimes.

The White House deliberately announced the commutation just before July 4 because they knew that most of the country would be distracted by their holiday plans. Also, the American people have become inured to this kind of crap. This Administration has lied and prevaricated and dissembled so many times that no one blinks an eye anymore. That said, at some point if there’s any hope that some vestige of our Republic will be intact when these unconvicted felons finally leave town in January 2009, the American people need to rise up and say they’ve had enough. In Michael Moore’s film, Sicko, a former British official states that the French government is afraid of their people. Why? Because the French people let their government know when they’re not happy and hold them accountable. That’s a notion that we seem to have forgotten here. Bush, Cheney and the rest of them work for us. They only continue to act as if they are the masters and we the servants because we allow it.

In closing, if you are not a regular viewer of Keith Olbermann’s program Countdown on MSNBC, I strongly urge you to start watching. His has been one of the few voices of reason in the media. He’s not a Democrat; he’s just a guy who has little use for hypocrisy and mendacity, both of which have been on daily display since Chucklehead began his reign of terror. Yesterday Keith did one of his special comments, a semi-regular segment that he does when circumstances warrant it. This time, he flat out calls for Bush and Cheney to resign. I urge you to watch it here. Then I urge you to make three telephone calls – one to your US Congressman and one to each of your US Senators – voicing your displeasure with the commuted sentence. If every adult in this country would do, I’m convinced that our elected officials would have no choice but to listen and take action. Like the bumper sticker says – If the people lead, leaders will follow.