The smorgasbord of emotions as the final day of the Bush disaster winds down is almost too complicated for simple words. We have the republicans just praying the last eight years go away, their Karl Rove dynasty crushed beyond recognition, to the democrats who still want blood, knowing they were robbed in 2000 and demanding justice for the disasters and crimes Bush/Cheney perpetuated while denying any accountability these last eight years.
Is justice to be served? Clinton, easily the most successful president in modern times using any criteria, was impeached for lying about consensual sex. Bush, using the same criteria is easily the worst president and he didn’t just lie, his lies got thousands, hundreds of thousands of people killed. And his failures didn’t end there, they will continue for as long as it takes to reverse almost every initiative he started.
The world is a far worse place since George W. Bush was handed the presidency by five people, the ideological majority of the Supreme Court of the United Stated of America. Sandra Day O’Connor, the swing vote, will go down in infamy as a disgrace. Rehnquist at least had the decency to die, but Sandra Day O’Connor lives on and her vote way back in December of 2000 is still costing lives and treasure around the world. She quit, took her ball and went home, but she can’t escape her shame.
One can only wonder how these people forgive themselves, power and money I suppose. But as the GOP conservative brand continues to lose credibility, may the enablers be exposed for what they are; facilitators who place their own well-being ahead of the majority of Americans. Sandra Day O’Connor, we’re talking about you. It’s arguable that you’re the one person most responsible for the ills the U.S. and world now face.
History is definitely going to catch up with this lady, and not very kindly.