Delightful anticipation

It looks now as if things are rapidly coming to a head. Bush's favorable ratings have now plummeted to a mere 37% and are not very likely to go back up in any foreseeable future. There is also a new poll that indicates that 50% of the public would like to see Bush Impeached if he lied about taking us to war with Iraq (and there is absolutely no doubt that he did, in fact, lie, along with Slimy Dick and the rest of the neocons). The Miers nomination appears to be in trouble, at least with the nutcakes of the ultra-right. It seems increasingly likely that Fitzgerald is going to seek some indictments, possibly all the way to Dick the Slimy (which I predicted from the beginning). The Senate is overwhelmingly opposed to torture but Bush continues to insist on it. Rove looks to be in big trouble. Judith Miller likewise. Frist is probably finished as a politician. DeLay is not going to be able to wiggle out of his predicament (at least it seems to me it would take a miracle). In short, things would seem to be looking up.

However, there remains the problem of the lack of a Democratic party. I suspect they are not too keen on jumping on the anti-Bush bandwagon because they know they might be found just as guilty as the Republicans. They obviously feed from the same corporate trough and have sheepishly gone along with most everything the Republicans have done - including their illegal, immoral, unconstitutional, and unnecessary "war." No one seems to be serious about a strategy for getting out of Iraq as soon as possible. Why is that so? Because there has never been any intent to ever get out of Iraq (until, perhaps, the oil is exhausted). Until the U.S. agrees to abandon their intent to occupy Iraq more or less permanently there is no way there can be any kind of a solution. And until the U.S. demands that Israel agree to a viable and realistic Palestianian nation there is no hope for peace in the Middle East - ever. The Bush administration has nothing to offer except eternal war and we know who benefits from eternal war - don't we?

How much longer can this disgusting state of affairs continue? Who is going to step forward and save us from what is surely an impending disaster? It is not going to be Hilary, nor Biden, nor Kerry, and probably not Feingold. Edwards? Perhaps? Is there no other viable democrat on the horizon? I keep coming back to Gore. He may be too smart to take on the impossible job of cleaning up after the Bush/Cheney mess. In fact, it may not even be possible to clean up after this bunch of absolute monstrous thugs that are intent on destroying our used-to-be marvelous country.