If a year ago, anyone had predicted -----

[AnnInLa]

Obviously, there was a spot of news while I was away. I refuse to feel let down that there was only one indictment, though of course more would have been a bonus. I look at it this way: If a year ago, anyone had predicted that Tom DeLay would be under indictment, Bill Frist would be under the microscope on a cheesy stock deal, a guilty plea would have been obtained in the AIPAC scandal, and one of the leading neo-cons--Cheney's #2--would be hit with five indictments and forced to resign--we would have thought the fortune teller was dipping into the cough medicine. So let us give thanks for the statues that have toppled, and hope that more crashes will echo down the hall.

www.jameswolcott.com

((this post is for the naysayers and deep and not-so-deep moles))

[senseandsensibility]

1. Yes

You are right, and the fact that the corporate media is still covering for the chimp is meaningless. It's getting some around here down, but let's face facts: THEY WILL ALWAYS COVER FOR HIM. We need to just let go of any hope that they won't, and think constructively.

[Mr_Spock]

2. I hear ya - this is good news.

Hard to see something bad in this. The leaks that Rover would get it have manipulated the easy to manipulate media morons, but even worse, people on DU have been manipulated by excessive expectations. I have to say it's rather amazing how easily folks are manipulated. Granted, Rove is the name of choice - but 130 years since a ranking WH official has been indicted is really, really big news. These hacks are toast - it's all over but the shouting.

[emulatorloo]

3. Look at this paragraph from the AP, of all places

If somebody told me a year ago I'd see the AP write this I wouldn't have beleived them:

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The week that was: conservatives in the president's own party hounded him into withdrawing Harriet Miers' Supreme Court nomination; the U.S. death toll in Iraq surpassed 2,000; and Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff was indicted by a federal grand jury.

<snip>

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051029/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_what_next