The party of national security and family values is turmoil as its house of cards finally comes crumbling down. This long overdue event has been triggered by two crises of its own making.
First came the explosive revelations from Bob Woodward. Arguably the most respected print journalist in America, Woodward's new book accuses the Bush administration of deliberately misled the American public as to the scale of the disaster in Iraq. He also accused the administration of intentionally withholding key intelligence from his allies in Britain.
Woodward's book says that insurgent attacks in Iraq are now running at a rate of about four an hour and that officials believe the situation will get worse next year.
This came a week after a leaked intelligence report concluded the self-evident (to everyone but the president and his apologists) conclusion that the Iraq debacle has worsened the terror threat.
Then, the Mark Foley scandal exploded. The GOP Congressman resigned after it was revealed that he was exchanging sexually explicit correspondances with young male pages. But the bigger scandal erupted when it was alleged that House Speaker Dennis Hastert was informed of Foley's conduct months ago. This allegation of a coverup was made not by the opposition Democrats but by two promiment members of Hastert's own Republican caucus, including his second in command.
So while most Americans are being made less safe by Republican policies, there is one group that's been protected by the GOP: Congressional pedophiles.
(At least until the media called them on it)
Of course the Democrats, with their record of kow-towing in craven complicity to Bush until it became politically expedient to do otherwise, are little better. Some Americans will limit themselves this November to a fake choice between massively corrupt ruling party and a substance-free former ruling party. If Americans aren't going to consider voting for a smaller party at this point in time, then will it ever happen?
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