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As PDS and others in the press are pointing out, a lot of this is much ado about things that have gone on before, in other administrations ...
What's different now is karma, I suppose you could call it. The Bush administration bullied so many entities, and didn't work hard to develop deep or broad allegiances ... one knew it was only a matter of time before people turned on his administration the second blood in the water could be detected.
I'm not entirely happy about this, and I voted a straight D line in this past election. If the Dems use the carte blanche goodwill generated by the midterm elections to do nothing but condemn the administration's previous actions ... that is too backward thinking, and does not move the country forward. I wish a happier medium could be struck.
Still, I do understand the need for comeuppance. But it would be tragic for the country if what I perceive to be W's lifetime MO -- see my post above -- slams our country into a brickwall because of partisan impasse.
If the opposition finds it impossible to find a way to work productively with the president, and vice versa, the opposition should have the courage to initiate censure or impeachment proceedings.
We wind up with a stalemate in DC either way.
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