On the whole "BFEE" thing...I don't buy it. [View All]

[DaveinJapan]

So one reoccurring theme I've noticed in my time here on DU has been this accusation; EVERYTHING that has ever gone wrong with the Democrats and their agenda can be traced back to this insidious "Bush Family Evil Empire" idea.

Among other theories, I've read here that the Bush family was DIRECTLY responsible for killing Kennedy, getting Reagan shot, thwarting Jimmy Carter's attempt to rescue the hostages, masterminding 9/11, rigging at least 2 Presidential elections (this one I wouldn't dismiss, though if so they had a lot of help), in fact practically everything you could think of short of accusing Lewinsky of being a Bush family operative (or has that been said, too?).

Thing is, I have no doubt that the powerful and rich Bush family has had their hand in lots of high level dealings, but malevolent and crafty though they certainly are, I've never really gotten the feeling that we're talking about a family of evil geniuses. Far from it, in fact. I think they're dangerous in the same way that a stupid redneck teabagger (or more accurately, a group of them) is dangerous. Aggressive and selfish and mean and single-minded, sure, but capable of plotting all of these 007 type plots...and keeping them all so secret that they get away with it time and again right under everyone's collective noses, leaving even the conspiracy theorists baffled as to how such sinister minds can be the puppeteers of all the world's events so seamlessly?

I just don't buy that.