Republicans are getting ready for a miserable six months.

[nickshepDEM]

A Republican friend of mine at another forum wrote this and I thought some of you might enjoy the read. He's always been a reliable source (he used to work on Capitol Hill).

Ok, to my Republican friends on this forum...you know I have some pretty darn good contacts on both sides of the aisle from my days working on Capitol Hill, and I have spent a lot of time on the phone the past two days. Here's the story...

1. We have HUGE problems that will emerge over the next few weeks. Contrary to what the Demoncrats want to believe, it has nothing to do with Tom Delay, who will be found innocent on all charges and will eventually return to his role as House Majority Leader. The Delay thing is NOTHING to worry about.

2. BUT...the Patrick Fitzgerald investigation is about to EXPLODE in our faces in a bigger way than I ever could have imagined. Despite no real hard evidence beyond inference and "common sense" supposition, Fitzgerald will proceed with a host of charges against a host of people up and down the Bush administration. This issue will not stop at Rove and/or Libby. Get ready for the 2005 version of Iran Contra.

3. In addition to the Fitzgerald investigation, it's about to become painfully clear at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings that Harriet Miers is lucky she can write her name in the ground with a stick. Having talked to more than one staff member of the Committee (staff, not Senators) I have been informed that she knows virtually NOTHING about Constitutional Law and will surely make a fool of herself at the hearing.

4. SO the next 6 months will be horrific, but remember this...in 1987/88 we suffered through Iran Contra AND the Bork Nomination, and the media was jerking off all over itself at the prospect of Republican failures in the 1988 Election. BUT, we won...easily, so do not get disheartened at what will be a terrible start to the new year 2006.

[Fridays Child]

1. Only six months? Shit, we have work to do!

:smoke:

[Epiphany4z]

2. Doesn't Delay

Have some other porblems working there way up the pike?

[AuntPatsy]

8. Yes he does, wishful thinking on this particular republicans attempt

to placate his cohorts..Delay is going to face justice, it is long overdue, this guy must watch too much faux news...

[ToolTex]

16. I doubt that DeLay will even be re-elected in his home district.

Oh well, Tom. Back to de-bugging.

[wryter2000]

12. Welcome to DU

Delay is in deep doo-doo. I appreciate reading this person's insights, but he's deluding himself with this one. He's read one too many talking points.

[aquart]

3. And yet, I feel depressed.

They did get past Iran/Contra with the aid of those pardons...

Republican prosperity is an oxymoron. I wish people would get that.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Six months? How about six decades.

Or more.

[abluelady]

5. They will be lucky if it is six months

If we play our cards right, 2006 elections which are 12 months away could be a turning point which could lead to years of horror for them.

[snippy]

6. I don't see Jack Abramoff on your friend's list.

If they are conducted honestly and impartially, the Abramoff investigations will cause much more trouble for republicans than the CIA leak investigation and prosecutions.

[phiddle]

7. Yeah, and let's not forget

The Larry Franklin/AIPAC case (and its interaction with Fitzgerald's), the souring consumer sentiment, lower economic growth due to expensive petroleum, the cooling real estate market, possible release of Abu Graib photos, real economic trouble if Iran succeeds in setting up a Euro-denominated oil bourse, and possible military action against Syria.
I think that NickshepDEM's Republican friend is way too optimistic.

[ToolTex]

17. Also the 2006 elections follow another hurricane season for FEMA.

n/t

[Larkspur]

9. DeLay is going down but I agree that Fizmas will be horrible for the

Repukes. I can see the Repukes losing seats in 2006 but don't know if Dems can pick up enough to retake the House. I think we can retake the senate.

2008 is a long way away and if Cheney is replaced by McCain and then Bush resigns putting McCain incharge of the mess, unless McCain can pull out miracles, Iraq, which he voted to go to war against, will be his albatross. Iraq is not Grenada. It is Vietnam in the desert and it will pull down the Repukes.

If Dems nominate a pro-war Dem, like Hillary or Biden, then the Dems will have Iraq as their albatross around their necks, just like Kerry did.

I can see intra-partisan warfare inside both parties and that would make a real mess out of the 2008 election.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. "Fizmas"! Let's hope it doesn't fizzle. I don't think so but be prepared.

[npincus]

10. oh darling, you're in for 3 1/4 years more of HELL

we will make certain

[wryter2000]

13. I like the way you think

We need an icon for shit eating grin.

[Nite Owl]

11. I see this as different in nature from

Iran Contra. Iran Contra it could have been argued that it was for our protection but not this. They both involved lies but now we are on the border of 2000 lives lost, we can't get along with anyone in the world, we have spent incredible amounts of money and having to scale back on popular programs. Dimwit is no where near as popular as Reagan on his worse day.

[wryter2000]

14. This is the second place I've seen reference to Iran-Contra

Assuming any kind of real investigation at all, this is going to be way out of Iran-Contra's league. It's going to be bigger than Watergate. Assuming any kind of real investigation

[ToolTex]

18. Iran Contra was way off the public radar. Iraq is front and center

in the public mind. As soon as it trickles down into public perception that Bush/Cheney lied us into Iraq, it will be Katy bar the door!

Then they will probably find those lost Iraq WMD in Boston.

[deadparrot]

15. 2005 version of Iran-Contra? Here's hoping it's much, much worse. nt