Hello all,

Yes, it’s November 4, 2008 and it’s voting time across the country.  I hope you voted, yes I’m mean YOU!  Everyone who can legally vote, should.  That being said, I sketkar did vote.  So, now I’ll be glued to the TV switching between the Pundits on various media outlets to see who get’s it wrong first and the most.  They are all competing and will be in a hurry to call the Presidential Election.  Well, I’ll do better, I’ll predict it right now… no, not really but I will give you what I think will happen when we all wake up tomorrow morning.

As everyone knows that Barack Obama is said to be up anywhere from 7 to 9 percentage points in the polls but there’s this Bradley effect that says that people will say one thing and vote a completely different way.  In the Bradley case just like Obama, it’s a black candidate and every while citizen is a secret-racist (hmm.. I wonder it that anything like a secret-muslim), anyways.  I won’t get into that right now, I’ll lay out what I think will happen, this is just my opinion, my prediction if you wish.

That would be Obama-307, McCain-231.  Obama winning… let’s see how close a get.

Hello all,

Another humorous piece from The Daily Show, on the importance of stupid people voting. You know who you are… (cubs fans included).

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This is a clip titled “Clusterf#@k to the Poor House - Dive of Death” from the September 25th, 2008 episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.  Jon makes a humorous yet startling comparison between 2003 Bush making a case for the Iraq War vs 2008 Bush making a case for the Economic Bailout.

Check it out…

Every few years, our trusted politicians take an oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of The United States Of America.  We as citizens believe that the person we voted into office will live up to that oath and do what is in our best interest.  But what if they weren’t?  What if they  were slowly writing laws that withered away our rights?  Who among us has time to really sit down and analyze all the bills, resolutions, and laws passed by our elected officials?

Here (thenewamerican.com) is a link that provides a scorecard of elected officials voting records and whether or not they are really protecting the Constitution. Have a look - you might be surprised.

Ragman

Earlier today, Scott McClellan told the House Judiciary Committee that he does not believe that President George W. Bush had knowledge of the CIA leak.  Valerie Plame’s cover as a CIA operative was blown by the said leak, as a means to retaliate against her husband speaking out against the government’s case for war against Iraq.

However, McClellan did tell the committee that Bush ordered through his Chief of Staff to tell reporters that Karl Rove and Lewis “Scooter” Libby had nothing to do with the leak.  Libby was convicted of Obstruction and Perjury and was sentenced for 2 1/2 half years prison sentence.  However, Bush has commuted the sentence.  As the scandal erupted, Bush said he would fire anyone involved with the leak.

McClellan said that both Rove and Libby deceived him about their role concerning the leak.  The committee asked about Vice President Dick Cheney’s involvement. “I do not think the president in any way had knowledge about it,” McClellan said. “In terms of the vice president, I do not know. There is a lot of suspicion there.”

McClellan also stated Bush should fully explain what he knew about the leak and how he decided to invade Iraq. The White House was “less than candid and less than honest” as it made its case for war, he said.

Democrats on the committee have called for Bush’s impeachment, but Democratic Party leaders have rejected the notion.  However, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced 35 articles of impeachment of President Bush on June 9th, 2008.

Okay, now for the opinion part…

I am sure everyone expected some sort of reaction from the Republicans.  However, I do take issue of two Republican Congressmen on this issue.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) questioned McClellan’s motives and said that he sold out Bush for “few pieces of silver.”  I do not have a problem if you are on a congressional committee and you try to ascertain the motives of the person testifying in front of your committee.

However, Smith could not attack the testimony of McClellan, so he resorted to attacking McClellan’s character because of McClellan’s book.  I wager that if Bush was a Democrat, and McClellan did the same thing Rep. Smith would be calling McClellan, a Great American Hero!

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said McClellan should have kept his mouth shut.  “From an integrity standpoint, could you not have taken some of this to the grave with you and done this country a favor?” King asked.

McClellan should have kept his mouth shut?  Take information of corruption within the White House to his grave?   What the hell?  An U.S. Congressman actually suggesting keeping important information from the public?

How can King speak of integrity while suggesting this?

If a CIA agent was responsible for this leak, they would have arrested and tried for at least sedition.  I do think Libby should do the time he was given by a jury.  I also think an investigation of Karl Rove and Dick Cheney’s roll in this be done.

I do not care if the White House is controlled by Republicans or Democrats, this kind of corruption can not be allowed.  If this happened during Clinton’s reign, the Republicans would be tripping over each other to impeach and convict him for this.  I have to give them credit for that at least, while the Democrats are afraid to challenge Bush once they gained power of Congress back in 2006 with a clear mandate from the people.

This is so wrong on so many levels.

Source Article

Bush Didn’t Know about CIA leak, McClellan says

Additional Reading

What Happened by Scott McClellan

Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson

What I Didn’t Find In Africa by Joseph Wilson (Article by Valerie Plame’s husband that was suggested to cause the leak in retaliation.)