*Rips out hair*

[pegkerr]

Okay, so President Bush used his year-end news conference yesterday to resume his public relations offensive against his critics, saying he wants the Justice Department to find out who committed the "shameful act" of leaking word that he secretly approved a special program to spy on US citizens, and blasting senators who have blocked the renewal of the Patriot Act.

He accuses others of shameful acts.

He has violated the separation of powers, he is in violation of the Constitution. He is spying on Americans. And yet his poll numbers are rebounding. I saw that and I thought I might spontaneously combust out of sheer political outrage. My god, what is it going to take for this country to wake up and realize it has been taken over by a dictator who is trashing our system of government?

Edited to add: This reminds me of an old Doonesbury cartoon. Two Congressmen are sitting listening to Nixon's lawyers during the Watergate hearings.

"'No impeachable offense. No impeachable offense,'" mimics one. "How can St. John keep spouting that gibberish?"
They lapse into a despondent silence.
"If only" muses the other, "he'd knock over a bank or something."
"By George!" exclaims the first, "We'd have him then!"

Comments

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Yup. There are people who will give him a pass because he's a "Christian," or because he's rich and therefore smarter than the rest of us, or because He Says What He Thinks and Sticks To His Guns. I also think there's an unfortunately large segment of the population that wants to be told what to do and think and is quite willing to cede rights to a perceived Better. They honestly don't believe their rights have been infringed, and think that anyone who complains must have something to hide.