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Edited on Fri Apr-13-07 01:04 AM by NanceGreggs
The Sound of Exploding Heads
By Nancy Greggs
We’ve heard it at least a million times from the right-wingers. It is the catch-all phrase meant to excuse everything Lil’ Georgie has done, and whether it has any basis in fact is invariably ignored: “But Bill Clinton did it, too.”
Immediately anyone with any common sense wants to respond with the obvious comeback: “And I suppose that if Bill Clinton jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, you’d jump right after him?”
Such are the times we live in, when a so-called president acts and reacts like a stubborn child, and the best defense his supporters can come up with when faced with the consequences of his misbehavior is, “Oh, yeah? Well, what about him?”
Quite frankly, I’d be more than happy if the BushBaby really acted like him once in a while – you know, Bill Clinton, the guy who balanced the budget, the man who was welcomed in every country he visited, that crazy kid who led a nation through eight years of peace and prosperity.
But the point the Bush supporters (or what’s left of them) really miss is the fact that they’ve established a presidential precedent, if you will, whereby each successive White House resident is free to act as his predecessor did, thanks to the but-he-did-it-too policy. And if they really thought that through, they’d realize they had opened a Pandora’s Box best left locked and untouched.
Imagine the reaction from the right when President Hillary Clinton starts wire-tapping Republicans, and responds by saying she is within her presidential rights to do so because “But Bush did it, too.” Imagine the response when she refuses to cooperate with investigations into her practice of deleting emails and shredding documents that should have been preserved, because that's what HE did.
Imagine the outrage as President Barack Obama proceeds with his vacation as Kennebunkport residents die in the aftermath of a hurricance, leaving his inexperienced, incompetent buddy in charge of FEMA operations, because he's simply following the example set by his predecessor.
Imagine the seething anger as President Dennis Kucinich declares himself “The Decider”, as he ignores the Constitution and attaches signing statements to every law. Imagine the anger when his staff are called upon to give evidence about the conduct of his administration, and they refuse to testify under oath.
Imagine the shock and awe as President John Edwards pours billions of taxpayer dollars into no-bid contracts with companies in which he or his family members own shares. Imagine the fury when it is discovered that billions of dollars of treasury funds have 'gone missing', along with hundreds of thousands of email comunications.
Imagine the whining and crying as President Bill Richardson decrees that electronic voting machines designed and operated by a couple of hard-core Democrats will be used to the exclusion of paper ballots or machines that leave a paper-trail. Imagine the vitriol when he predicts a Democratic victory in an upcoming election, because his closest advisor has the math.
Of course, one really can’t imagine any of the above, because Democratic presidents don’t operate that way. They won’t break the law, break the military, wage war, plunder the treasury, or run up the national debt and then blame it on the example set by the Idiot who held office before them. They would never use “But what about him” as an excuse for acting as badly as the current president has.
But it sure is fun to think about all of those exploding heads.
(Note to Future Democratic President: Maybe one teensy-weensy signing statement, just for vengeful laughs?)
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