Sunday, October 09, 2005
Crooks
Let's review the "compassionate conservative" movement over the past few weeks:
--The Republican leader in the House, Tom Delay, has been indicted for criminal conspiracy and money laundering.
--The White House procurement officer, David Safavian, faces five separate criminal indictments.
--The Republican Senate Majority leader, Bill Frist, is being investigated by the SEC for insider trading.
--Bush's closest political advisor, Karl Rove, is being brought before the Grand Jury for a fourth appearance as he faces possible charges of compromising national security for political purposes by outing a CIA operative.
--Bush's pick for Deputy Attorney General, Timothy Flanigan, had to withdraw his nomination due to his ties with indicted Republican lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, and his involvement in the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal.
--Conservative Bill Bennett, the voice of the so-called "Moral Majority," made the outrageous claim on public radio programming that if all black babies were aborted, there would be less crime.
----The Government Accountability Office released a report on Friday denouncing the "covert propaganda" the Bush administration used when they paid a commentator to promote its policies and broadcast "fake" news segments, purposefully misleading the public about things like Medicare legislation.
--Bush is currently promising to veto a piece of legistlation which has the bipartisan support of 90 senators (including 46 Republicans) that takes a stand against torture of prisoners in Iraq and Guantanomo.
--Like in Iraq, the Bush administration handed out contracts to all of their political and business cronies (including Cheney's Halliburton empire) for cleanup in the aftermath of Katrina, disadvantaging local businesses and economies.
--The Republican-led House forced through an energy bill on Friday that lines the pockets of their cronies in the oil business but does nothing to help the price-gouging of consumers at the pumps.
--Oh, and 20 more US soldiers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past week.
In the face of these events and others too numerous to list, I propose substituting a different name for "Compassionate Conservatives."
Here are some possibilities:
Crooked Conservatives
Cronyistic Conservatives
Covert Conservatives
Corrupt Conservatives
Criminal Conservatives
--The Republican leader in the House, Tom Delay, has been indicted for criminal conspiracy and money laundering.
--The White House procurement officer, David Safavian, faces five separate criminal indictments.
--The Republican Senate Majority leader, Bill Frist, is being investigated by the SEC for insider trading.
--Bush's closest political advisor, Karl Rove, is being brought before the Grand Jury for a fourth appearance as he faces possible charges of compromising national security for political purposes by outing a CIA operative.
--Bush's pick for Deputy Attorney General, Timothy Flanigan, had to withdraw his nomination due to his ties with indicted Republican lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, and his involvement in the Abu Ghraib prison torture scandal.
--Conservative Bill Bennett, the voice of the so-called "Moral Majority," made the outrageous claim on public radio programming that if all black babies were aborted, there would be less crime.
----The Government Accountability Office released a report on Friday denouncing the "covert propaganda" the Bush administration used when they paid a commentator to promote its policies and broadcast "fake" news segments, purposefully misleading the public about things like Medicare legislation.
--Bush is currently promising to veto a piece of legistlation which has the bipartisan support of 90 senators (including 46 Republicans) that takes a stand against torture of prisoners in Iraq and Guantanomo.
--Like in Iraq, the Bush administration handed out contracts to all of their political and business cronies (including Cheney's Halliburton empire) for cleanup in the aftermath of Katrina, disadvantaging local businesses and economies.
--The Republican-led House forced through an energy bill on Friday that lines the pockets of their cronies in the oil business but does nothing to help the price-gouging of consumers at the pumps.
--Oh, and 20 more US soldiers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past week.
In the face of these events and others too numerous to list, I propose substituting a different name for "Compassionate Conservatives."
Here are some possibilities:
Crooked Conservatives
Cronyistic Conservatives
Covert Conservatives
Corrupt Conservatives
Criminal Conservatives
