The image is of rats leaving a sinking ship. And they’re all rats, right? I mean Rove, and Gonzales, and now Snow. They’re all leaving bush, and one wonders why. I have to imagine that this sort of thing is typical, that with thousands of cronies in any administration, there’s always a fare share of attrition. But as I’ve said before, the Bush team doesn’t even TRY to make us feel good about any of these. They just pitch us the lies and the doublespeak that we expect.

Some things to note: Old Tony says he’s leaving for financial reasons, not health reasons. He’s out of money. So in Bush’s America, 186k a year doesn’t cut it. Good god. And he also says the reason he’s out of money is because of hospital bills. Got that? In Bush’s America, even people who make six figures can’t afford health care. I think old Tony should have curried more favor with Cheney and the war profiteering.

Should we be afraid? Are these guys taking off because they know the apocalypse is night? Maybe. But as long as Darth Dick is still there, we know it’s not bad enough for him to disappear with his billions. That’s irony, see, that Dick’s presence means things are not completely doomed (yet).

(Article of inspiration: Tony Snow to Step Down in September – New York Times)

Everyone else is talking about it, so why not me? Actually, I’ve only heard about it on lefty radio. I’ll check with Rush and the boys later, if I feel like it. I mean, I’m trying to care. So a top government official got busted soliciting gay sex. So what. So he’s a republican. Big deal. So that means all republican are hypocrites. Yawn, I wonder what’s on TV.

Yeah yeah. I’ve only heard one thing about this that was both interesting and informative. a gay blogger mentioned that the atmosphere created by conservatives in this country result in such self-hatred among the gay ones that they are more or less forced to seek sex in these very dangerous ways. Now, I don’t know if I agree with that statement as an extreme point of view, but it’s got potential for discussion.  If nothing else, what one take away from that point of view is yes, being gay is something one is born with. It seems to me, though, that such an argument is not going to work with the conservatives. Just because it’s “natural” doesn’t mean it’s right. Afterall, we’re all born sinners.

And they’re not going to bend on the hypocricy of it all, because they’ll just point their fingers in a different direction. And we all know this, so what’s that leave? Nothing but the sensationalism of it. So this is not one for debate or policy, this one for the tabloids. That’s the saddest thing about these scandals: they have little power to shape public debate on important issues, any more than Britney Spears’ shenanigans will start an intelligent discussion about child welfare.

Yawn. I wonder if I could give them money to NOT put stuff in the newspapers? How about that? 50 cents a day to not be told stuff you don’t care to know?

(Article of inspiration: Inside Edition – Senator Pleads Guilty in Airport Restroom Arrest)

Alberto Gonzales has finally resigned, which I’m sure will be spun every which way. The right has been calling the investigation into the attorney firing scandal and the wiretapping scandal nothing more than a political exercise (cough *monicagate*) so listen soon for Ann, Rush and Bill to point out how dems don’t do anything but harass figures out of office. And if you disagree with me, or you disagree with them, I think we can all agree the fight to appoint another AG will be bitter– that the Justice Department has been useless since this all started will be nothing compared to the stalemate that’s about to ensue between the president’s choices and congressional approval. Heck, who wants to take money on how fast the race card gets played, and by which side?

(article of inspiration: Embattled Attorney General Resigns – New York Times)

Man, I am almost ashamed to admit it: I LOVE listening to Rush Limbaugh. No one delivers such a constant, consistent stream of idiocy, stupidity, and hypocrisy. The man truly has talent on loan from God, because no mere human could perpetrate this much crap for this long.

Apparently there was some issue with The Postal Carrier Union’s politics. Someone said the union ignored republican candidates, and endorsed only democrats. Then the head of the union wrote to Rush to tell him it’s not true. So Rush sarcastically “apologized” on air, and got a slough of calls about it. One guy told him to take the apology back, because the Union really did, at some time, promote a democrat and not a republican. Another caller suggested that even though he thinks Rush is right about the union’s politics, he thought the Union leader did a good job negotiating their most recent contract. The following is from Rush’s website’s transcript:

RUSH: Its a good contract?

CALLER: Its a good contract. Normally we go to binding arbitration, but this time we didnt have to go to binding arbitrations, they negotiated a good contract.

RUSH: Great. That means the taxpayers get screwed again. Well, congratulations.

CALLER: No.

RUSH: [Laughing]. Well, who pays the letter carriers? Thanks, Richard.

On today’s show, another carrier called in to set Rush straight. Taxes don’t pay for the US Postal Service, and haven’t for more than 30 years. I knew that, why didn’t Rush? A man who calls himself educated, brilliant, a genius? What was Rush’s reply? He asks the man “who pays for the stamps that fund the Postal Service? Taxpayers. So I was partially right.” That’s not just dumb, it’s borderline moronic.

I like Rush because he can spin ANYTHING into proof that liberals are evil and conservatives are God’s Chosen people. ANYTHING. Substance? Substance has NO place on the radio, or media in general.

(Source of transcript: Were Sorry, Mr. Postal Union Thug)

Yeah, another bad politician. Even though we lean left over here, we still think all politicians are bad. Well, not all. Wait, yes, all, because the ones that aren’t are called “statesman.”

But you know this will be politicized by the pundits. The right is going to jump all over this and say: See? See? Democrats are out of control! And everytime someone mentions corrupt republicans, this one will get trotted out. Let’s see, there’ lying to congress, taking bribes, the wholesale murder of thousands of people, versus… what was it again? Oh yeah, an accusation of assault– AFTER the police questioned him and let him go. Seems someone wants to jump on the litigious bandwagon.

It’s not even up the Macaca level of scandal. But they’ll take anything they can get. You know, come to think of it, more democratic politicians should perpetrated petty misdemeanors like this, just so the pundits finally get enough rope to hang themnselves with. That would be good…

(article of inspiration: ABC 7 News – Congressman Charged With Assault.)

I have lost touch with why I started Antipundit a year ago, which is why it is so difficult to get into it at all tomorrow. There for a while, armed with a subscription to the NYT, I was almost nearly not apathetic. But man it’s tough. Gonzales and Rove and the Utah Mine and the Dow Jones and that’s just off the top of my head…Guliani and McKain, Edwards Clinton and Obama, there’s still republicans getting arrested…

I got to get back to the pundits. The people who, on a daily basis, punch the Statue of Liberty in the stomach. We all know how our Conservative Elite Overloads are evil… but my fight should go back to the blatherers who are on their TV shows and radio shows and newspaper columns and books and websites… so I’m going to go for it, as long as I can stand it.

They are poisonous, you know. Consider the cult of celebrity: how much “official” time do we get with an A-list star? Two hours per year, for a movie face, way up to 18 hours a year for a TV face? But these so-called pundits, on their multiple media outlets, spouting hatred almost constantly. And even if hatred was all it was about, that would be one thing, clowns at the circus. But the stupidity!

I’m going to embrace it! Found this article from Bill O’Reilly, about how bad the Bourne Ultimatum is. I’m going to let him speak for himself (I’ve blathered enough myself today). Read it. You will be astounded. Truly, this man is the most paranoid whack job of them all.

BillOReilly.com: Bill On The Bourne Ultimatum

You can mark this one as a huge uh oh. Other than W himself and old Cheney, this is the one man Congress is trying to get their hands on. And while he may claim he is retiring for the sake of his family, I’m thinking Rove is just taking advice from that old addage about heat and kitchens. He’s getting out while the getting’s good.

On the other hand, although this fuels the idea that there’s something foxy in the chicken coop, there’s also the notion that he’s not as protected as W and Cheney themselves. Otherwise, he’d stay. But since they can’t protect him, there’s possibly more chinks in the armor. And maybe someone can find a way to exploit those.

I suppose Rove can still refuse to testify. and he might be able to even hide behind some private citizen rights that only the rich and powerful have the lawyers to defend.

But at least the man behind all of the election shenanigans is gone– unless he’s going to work for the next great white wonder.

(article of inspiration: Karl Rove to Resign At the End of August – WSJ.com)

Are they allowed to do this? Karl Rove is joining in on the power-abuse fun. Here’s what I want to know: is this just arrogance, or do they realize we know they must be hiding something. You would think that, if they were hiding something, they’d just testify and lie. Gonzales did, after all. Then again, maybe they see how he’s being caught up with, finally. And then there’s tapes of Cheney watching tapes if himself contradicting himself. So maybe they think this refusing to testify is the only way to stay afloat.

Caause that’s what it’s all about, right? Stay afloat until Bush is out of office, wring as much money as possible out of the war chest. I mean, did you see the 26 billion arms deal they negotiated with Saudi Arabia? That’s going to keep terrorists in power for a long time, well after Bush is gone.

So they do everything they can to delay the inevitable. What makes this very frustrating is that, even if we find a way to throw them in jail, for a long time, the damage will have been done. Not only damage in terms of out and out theft from the American people of their tax dollars, but damage in terms if ripping the constitution to shreds.

You hear about this political structure or that government or this dynasty, through history, and how they eventually came to an end. And you think, but not my country. America forever. Sadly, no. The conservatives have gone too far, and we are all doomed.

(article of inspiration: The Raw Story | Rove refuses to testify on role in prosecutor firings)