Stupid or arrogant, or both?

I can’t believe it! The Guckert/Gannon scandal actually made it onto CNN, a mainstream media outlet. True, they kind of circled around the most titillating parts, but they did mention the basics. I would hope this would make it difficult for the other major networks to ignore the problem. And a real problem it is, provided they don’t let go of it. Can you imagine, a “reporter” with no journalistic experience, working for a known right wing organization, given repeated access to the press room, and called on by name by both the Press Secretary and the President, was also a male prostitute offering himself in nude pictures on gay websites. I guess he must have been thoroughly “vetted” by the FBI, supposedly an absolute prerequisite before getting a press pass? This whole business smells to high heaven and if they get away with burying it like all their other scandals we are doomed. Can you imagine if such a thing had happened during the Clinton administration? But these are Republicans, remember, they restored dignity and honor back to the White House.

I am becoming even more confused than ever. Are Bush/Cheney as stupid as they appear to be? Or do they have some agenda I cannot comprehend. Not only are they trying to keep American veterans who were tortured in the first Gulf war from being compensated, they are also constantly cutting veterans benefits, including medical care. They charge hospitalized casualties for their meals, make them pay to fly home on leave, and etc., etc. I cannot understand how they believe this can possibly help them politically. They are also going after Social Security, clearly another very non-popular activity. Are we to believe they are so noble, so enlightened, so concerned about public welfare, they are doing these things in the public interest in spite of their unpopularity? This of course says nothing about their constant favoritism to corporations at public expense, as well as stealing from the poor to enhance the rich. Either they are unbelievably stupid or unbelievably arrogant. I suspect the latter. Will this arrogance eventually catch up with them and destroy them? I hope so. Even if it does, will it be too late? Will they already have looted the entire known world? Will they escape unpunished for their repeated crimes against humanity? I hope I am not being too naïve. I still believe the bad guys lose.