The Truffle

A new special interest has emerged in this country--the GOP First Movement. These are not the Republicans who consider party affiliation just one part of who they are. These are also not the Republicans who think about their party only on Election Day. These are the Republicans who identify themselves as Republicans first, Americans second. It's for them that the acronym IOKIYAR (It's OK If You're a Republican) was coined. :: The GOP First Movement's unofficial motto is "Party First, Country Second." Grabbing power and votes is the be-all and end-all. Rewarding the corporations who give them money is taken a given with the GOP First Movement. Their goal is to serve the Party; why should the piddly voters concern them? The GOP First Movement embraces the idea of a one-party state with gusto. They make no secret of wanting the Democratic Party either consigned to permanent minority status or simply erased from existence. They have only contempt for the a...

Man, I love Daily Kos. Expecially when they have kick ass diaries like this one. If Bill Clinton had dressed up in a flight suit and landed on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln five weeks after the war began and told us it was over, what would you be saying about him? If Bill Clinton had been in charge of the national security of this country on September 11, 2001 and terrorists murdered 3,000 Americans, what would you be saying about him? If Bill Clinton had invaded Iraq based on WMD that didn't exist, what would you be saying about him? If Bill Clinton had said "Bring 'em on" and encouraged Iraqi insurgents to kill American troops, what would you be saying about him? If Bill Clinton had made us the face of torture in the world, what would you be saying about him? If James Carville and other members of a Clinton White House outed an undercover CIA officer during a time of war, what would you be saying about them? If Bill Clinton had sent troops to Iraq without adequate bod...