Preparing to shift the blame - again
I have gotten pretty good at reading Republicans and I want to point out something I have noticed in the past few days that you may have not. Dick Cheney and the gang are preparing for the next terrorists attack by getting ready to claim helplessness. That is to say that the Bush Administration will not take responsibility for our security. They will blame others when things go wrong.
Of course that is how they have won elections and how they have governed. It is only getting worse. If/when we are hit again, the Bush administration will duck responsibility and shamelessly blame "liberals" "Democrats" and of course the media for the attack.
They are setting the foundation now. If you look closely you can already seem them doing it. You can see it in the arguments by Alberto Gonzales for the Patriot Act (that If it expires just one day we cannot guarantee safety) the Cheney boasts (that it is the secret actions that have prevented attacks ) and now with the spying revelation. Already Republicans -Peter Hoekstra to name just one- has said that terrorists are now instantly more dangerous since the wiretapping revelation (that the NY Times story has made us unsafe and we are at peril today where we were not last week before the story came out).
Of course we have to believe that Terrorists had no idea their calls could be tapped. Idiotic. And if the Patriot Act is so crucial why are the Red now opposing an extension while details of improvement are hammered out. I would suggest that it is because they WANT an excuse when things go wrong. (UPDATE11pm NYTimes: "The law known as the USA Patriot Act would be extended six months under an accord by Congressional leaders announced Wednesday night, a move that potentially resolves an impasse over the law that the Bush administration says is crucial to the fight against terrorism."
The Reds seems to be saying "If only Bush and Cheney could have a government without any opposition they could guarantee our safety but those dang lefties stopped us. Sorry, we tried but they wouldn't let us protect you". Listen closely to Administration officials right now and see that I'm right.
And mark my words- they will use this political strategy after another attack . Just as they tried to blame Clinton for 9-11 they will strongly blame those of us who dared to criticize them and insert some checks on their lust for power, for the next terrorist attack. The Administration will never take the blame for anything! They never feel they can do anything. That's why it is so important for critics to speak out now to prepare to defend ourselves from the blame game that inevitably will come our way when their mistakes come back to haunt us.
Of course that is how they have won elections and how they have governed. It is only getting worse. If/when we are hit again, the Bush administration will duck responsibility and shamelessly blame "liberals" "Democrats" and of course the media for the attack.
They are setting the foundation now. If you look closely you can already seem them doing it. You can see it in the arguments by Alberto Gonzales for the Patriot Act (that If it expires just one day we cannot guarantee safety) the Cheney boasts (that it is the secret actions that have prevented attacks ) and now with the spying revelation. Already Republicans -Peter Hoekstra to name just one- has said that terrorists are now instantly more dangerous since the wiretapping revelation (that the NY Times story has made us unsafe and we are at peril today where we were not last week before the story came out).
Of course we have to believe that Terrorists had no idea their calls could be tapped. Idiotic. And if the Patriot Act is so crucial why are the Red now opposing an extension while details of improvement are hammered out. I would suggest that it is because they WANT an excuse when things go wrong. (UPDATE11pm NYTimes: "The law known as the USA Patriot Act would be extended six months under an accord by Congressional leaders announced Wednesday night, a move that potentially resolves an impasse over the law that the Bush administration says is crucial to the fight against terrorism."
The Reds seems to be saying "If only Bush and Cheney could have a government without any opposition they could guarantee our safety but those dang lefties stopped us. Sorry, we tried but they wouldn't let us protect you". Listen closely to Administration officials right now and see that I'm right.
And mark my words- they will use this political strategy after another attack . Just as they tried to blame Clinton for 9-11 they will strongly blame those of us who dared to criticize them and insert some checks on their lust for power, for the next terrorist attack. The Administration will never take the blame for anything! They never feel they can do anything. That's why it is so important for critics to speak out now to prepare to defend ourselves from the blame game that inevitably will come our way when their mistakes come back to haunt us.
posted by MQA @ 12/21/2005 03:38:00 PM
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