Saturday, July 26, 2008
Don't Impeach Bush and Cheney!
Last week I got this quote from Jim Kunstler's Clusterfckk Nation Chronicles:
Things may get so chaotic that Mr. Bush and his circle may actually be removed from the scene before his term in office expires. He could go out of office much the way he came in: by means unconventional. Mrs. Pelosi will keep the seat in the oval office warm for a few months. Then the prosecutions will begin.
DON'T!!!
You want to elect John McCain, Mr. Kunstler!??
That's what will happen if Bush and Cheney leave office before election day. Right now the election is a forum on how Bush has done in office; i.e., terrible. This means that Barack Obama should win the election, as 9 (or 7, as Mr. Lichtman sees it) keys are down. These keys express satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the Bush administration. Two of the keys relate to the economy, for which the President gets credit or blame, no matter how much control he has over it. Two relate to foreign policy. Both are doing terrible right now. So Barack Obama should win.
But not if Bush and Cheney get impeached and removed from office. If that happens, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, takes over. That turns the entire thing upside down. Now people will blame Pelosi for the bad economy and the Iraq war. So they will turn to the party that is not in power, which now will be the Republicans. Hence McCain would win.
We must not let McCain win the election, as he will turn the Supreme Court way over to the right and will not be able to lead the world through the upcoming energy crisis. Barack Obama, with his leadership style, should be able to lead us through the crisis. So we need to elect him. So please. Do NOT impeach Bush and Cheney!
Things may get so chaotic that Mr. Bush and his circle may actually be removed from the scene before his term in office expires. He could go out of office much the way he came in: by means unconventional. Mrs. Pelosi will keep the seat in the oval office warm for a few months. Then the prosecutions will begin.
DON'T!!!
You want to elect John McCain, Mr. Kunstler!??
That's what will happen if Bush and Cheney leave office before election day. Right now the election is a forum on how Bush has done in office; i.e., terrible. This means that Barack Obama should win the election, as 9 (or 7, as Mr. Lichtman sees it) keys are down. These keys express satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the Bush administration. Two of the keys relate to the economy, for which the President gets credit or blame, no matter how much control he has over it. Two relate to foreign policy. Both are doing terrible right now. So Barack Obama should win.
But not if Bush and Cheney get impeached and removed from office. If that happens, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, takes over. That turns the entire thing upside down. Now people will blame Pelosi for the bad economy and the Iraq war. So they will turn to the party that is not in power, which now will be the Republicans. Hence McCain would win.
We must not let McCain win the election, as he will turn the Supreme Court way over to the right and will not be able to lead the world through the upcoming energy crisis. Barack Obama, with his leadership style, should be able to lead us through the crisis. So we need to elect him. So please. Do NOT impeach Bush and Cheney!
