political purposes

It isn’t no secret that Republicans care not about the thousands that perished on that September morning in 2001, but it does deserve a little reminder from time to time:

A Republican candidate for Governor of New York this morning reached new heights of rhetorical condemnation of health care legislation, comparing its passage to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

"The day that that bill was passed will be remembered just as 9/11 was remembered in history," Carl Paladino, a Buffalo businessman seeking the Republican and Conservative Party lines, told host Curtis Sliwa on AM 970 The Apple this morning. "It was an attempt by these people in Washington to defy the Constitution. It is clearly in conflict with all of the basic precepts of the Constitution."

So a bill meant to help ensure the well being of millions of our citizens is the equivalent to a violent attack that claimed the lives of thousands of innocents?

Perhaps Carl needs to learn the definition of terrorism:

1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.

Read number 1 over and over again Carl and think about what you are doing. You are using a terrorist attack for political purpose. In other words, you are acting as a terrorist by proxy. So excuse me for telling you to go “Cheney yourself” since you are siding with our enemies.

Al Qaeda In Iraq Far Stronger Than Bush Administration Admitting

That's the headline from a new AP article. It appears the administration is continuing their path of lie and deceit to the American people.

Last week we found out the administration was planning on keeping secret the upcoming progress report for Iraq. Then yesterday John McCain said he thinks AQI will do larger attacks to derail our presidential election.

McCain and Bush plan on using Iraq for pure political purposes this year. They want to hide the facts of this failed policy in order to keep the killing of our soldiers going. It's amazing that they treat life so poorly.

The Army is warning it's people about sending the fake chain letters accusing Obama of being a Muslim. The Army needs to find out who initially sent the email and reprimand them for violation of Army regulations.

One thing is for certain - Bush has used the federal government as a political pawn more than any other President. Here is even more proof of it:

During a whirlwind five-hour trip to bolster an endangered GOP congressman's reelection prospects, White House political guru Karl Rove last week delivered a fiery speech to 500 party activists, then shook every available hand and posed for snapshots like a rock star. He toured suburbs recently trashed by a snowstorm. He also found time to huddle with local strategists.

But the most significant element of Rove's effort to help four-term Rep. Thomas M. Reynolds keep his job may have occurred behind closed doors, when the White House strategist met with a federal disaster relief official contemplating how to respond to the storm. Four days later, Reynolds announced that President Bush would authorize millions of dollars in federal disaster aid for the area.

That is not the key part however. Further down in the article you get to the smoking gun:

Instead, Rove is giving a virtuoso performance designed to prevent the Democrats from taking control of the House and Senate or, if that is no longer possible, to hold down the size of the Democratic victory to make it easier for the GOP to come back in 2008. His plan is three-pronged: to reenergize any conservatives who may be flagging; to make sure the GOP's carefully constructed campaign apparatus is functioning at peak efficiency; and to put the resources of the federal government to use for political gain.

(emphasis mine).

Arlen Specter was on FOX News this morning and had some interesting things to say regarding the leak case. The following is from Forbes:

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened, a leading Republican senator said Sunday.

"We ought to get to the bottom of it so it can be evaluated by the American people," said Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

"There's been enough of a showing that the president of the United States owes a specific explanation to the American people ... about exactly what he did," Specter said.

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"I think it is necessary for the president and vice president to tell the American people exactly what happened," Specter told "Fox News Sunday."

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"There has to be a detailed explanation as to precisely what Vice President Cheney did, what the president said to him and an explanation by the president as to what he said," Specter said.

It is becoming more clear that Bush is afraid to come come clean on the leak because it was motivated purely for political purposes. The simple fact that they would only release things that supported the war while hiding the overwhelming amounts of information that showed the war was not necessary proves this.

The President can declassify information but why in the hell did he not just come out and say this? We have gone through a three year investigation and now Scooter Libby is even on trial because of Bush's lies and dirty politics.