Searching for the Bush killer


Why are liberals so desperate to take Bush down?
William Kristol takes a closer look at just how last week went for President Bush.

And then, of course, on Friday, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's two-year investigation came to an underwhelming conclusion with the indictment of Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby--not for any underlying crime but for impeding the investigation through perjury and false statements. This is a distressing development for those of us who have known and admired Libby for many years. If Libby is guilty of purposely lying to a grand jury, that cannot be excused or minimized. But let's not forget that he has not yet had his day in court.

The larger story on Friday was that Fitzgerald indicted no one else. The wrongdoing leads in no way beyond this one individual and what he allegedly said to FBI investigators and the grand jury. There was no conspiracy, high level or otherwise, at the White House, or involving the Defense Department or the State Department--all scenarios that enemies of the administration had been fantasizing about for months.

It may sound odd to call this good news for the president. But go back and read the fevered anticipations and lethal expectations of Bush's critics over the last month. This was going to be the moment when the case for war was discredited. This was going to be the moment when the supposed venality and corruption of the Bush administration was going to be exposed. This was going to be the moment when the whole criminal conspiracy would unravel. This was going to be the moment of paralysis and disgrace for Bush and Cheney and the assorted warmongers in their employ.

There is a lot to that observation. Many Democrats that I know were all set to join the lynch mob. But Mr. Bush seems to have weathered this one.

Again.

You know, every President since I started paying attention has had their own problems with the press. But I can think of no other President who has had what amounts to a rabid mob constantly watching for one misstep so they can pounce. Maybe it is just the spread of the internet, I don't know.

But it sure seems there is a lot directed at Mr. Bush that just falls apart because there is nothing to the accusations.

That doesn't stop the accusations from getting resurrected though every time there is the slightest indication that there may be a misstep.

Again and again and again.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Sun - October 30, 2005 at 05:19 AM  Tag


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