Reply #20: The Palins and Pauls of and Bushes and Cheneys of the world

[Hansel]

Have not gone away. This moronic type hasn't gone away since we believed we nipped it in the bud during the Nixon years and they will be here for years to come. Cheney is a Nixon era figure. He and his ilk will be more than willing to show you what if in the next several election cycles if you continue to believe analyzing the "what ifs" are a waste of time.

It is in times of crisis, when everyone needs to keep their wits about them, that the same people who created the mess creep back into power. I've seen it over and over and over again. Because the tendency is to blame those who are in power for creating the circumstances that allowed for these major messes. Unfortunately the result is those who caused it become the only alternative for those who don't pay attention and soon they are back in power.

In terms of the oil spill, the Bush administration laid out the groundwork for this mess, more specifically Dick Cheney did. The current administration is not equipped to stop this leak because the "what ifs" were not put in place by those who put the current rules in place. (The Bush administration, not the Obama administration). Neither is BP. There has NEVER been a Business Continuation Plan in place, because none of the crooks who have caused it had the foresight or did they care about the "what ifs".

"What ifs" would have prevented this crisis. So, no, "what ifs" are not a waste of time. In this situation nor in considering what would happen with alternative political leaders.

Also, your comment about it being divisive to consider the what ifs had McCain been in power seems to suggest that we need to agree with you or it is inflammatory. Because no where in rational thought would someone believe that being relieved that McCain and Palin are not in power or that considering the what ifs of that scenario is inflammatory on a board called "Democratic Underground".

One should always be considering the what ifs of who you vote to put in power. Always. ESPECIALLY in times of great emotion, frustration and crisis.