October 2004

Lately I've been getting most of my political news from NPR while driving around in Manhattan traffic. Between the taxis and "Scooter", it's a wonder that I have a shred of sanity left. I was pretty mellow about the recent exposure of governmental malfeasence, even the non-indictment of Official A (aka Karl Rove). It doesn't surprise me that the Bushies are stonewalling and being as obtuse as ever.

But then I read the editorial by the always insightful E.J. Dionne, Jr. in this morning's Washington Post. He astutely points out that, because of administration prevarication and the foot dragging of journalists, the indictments were handed down in October 2005 instead of October 2004. October 2004, you may remember, was during the presidential election. So, if you're keeping count, by obstructing a federal prosecutor, the Bushies avoided an indictment in the White House one month before the vote. Without obstruction, John Kerry is president. They truly are evil geniuses (and geniuses who, if they can just stall until Christmas 2008, will never need to find out what a prison cot feels like). As Dionne puts it: "Has anyone noticed that the coverup worked?"

If they didn't have video of the baby panda taking its first steps on the same homepage, there might have been violence.