Enough is enough

I'm not typically one for diatribes, but I've had it with our current administration. This Gonzalez affair is only the most recent in a seemingly unending chain of events that demonstrate an attitude of "we know better than our constituents and we'll do as we please" mentality in the White House. I don't believe that our fearless leader does know better - he's evidenced that he doesn't believe it himself with the level of authority he's bestowed on Dick Cheney and - heaven forbid - Karl Rove.

I wasn't a fan of Bill Clinton's inability to keep his trousers zipped, and I think his past escapades will still haunt Hillary in her campaign for president. But holy cow! Our Congress was willing to seek impeachment on those flimsy grounds and yet hasn't called George onto the the same carpet. I don't get it.

W has gotten us into a war founded on falsehoods, sending our sons and daughters into harm's way. He's sent them understaffed and underequipped with naive platitudes about their reception in Iraq. He put more people at risk when he revealed Valerie Plame as a CIA operative. He's ignored or has been grossly unaware of conditions at Walter Reed so that after their sacrifice our troops return home only to get treated in a no-star facility. Then he has the unmitigated gall to say that anyone not in support of the war isn't supporting the troops. Balderdash! Look in the mirror, George, to see who's not supporting the troops.

Let's see - falsely elected, budget surplus to budget deficit, ruination of the United States' moral leadership on the global stage, torture, privacy invasion from the Patriot Act, politically motivated firings of competent people, felons in his senior staff (Scooter Libby,) tax cuts for the most wealthy citizens, attempts to pull the rug out from under Social Security, ignorance and/or lack of action on the health care crisis - this is some track record. C'mon, Congress. We've got to do something about this guy.