In yet another episode of "Act Like An American, Not Like a Republican," or "Don't Treat Us Like We Treated You," George Bush reacted to the latest scandal in his administration by offering to make Karl Rove and other top aides available for private interviews with congressional investigators regarding the political sacking of U.S. Attorneys.
But as the Washington Post reported, "the White House, however, placed limits on the kinds of questions the aides would answer and said the interviews may not be conducted under oath or recorded on a transcript. The conditions enraged congressional Democrats, who vowed to go ahead with plans to issue subpoenas as early as today that would compel the aides to testify."
In an amazing display of hypocrisy, Bush criticizing Democrats, saying "it will be regrettable if they choose to head down the partisan road of issuing subpoenas and demanding show trials when I have agreed to make key White House officials and documents available."
Gee, doesn't that just describe the Republicans of the 1990s with their pointless, political, partisan investigations of the Clinton administration. Sure the difference is that the Clinton was investigate for getting rid of Travel Office personnel instead of the political sacking of U.S. attorneys; Clinton was investigated for perjury on a private matter, not lying about outing a CIA covert agent; and Clinton's avoidance of the Vietnam war was questioned heavily while Bush's avoidance was generally avoided.
Today, the Bush administration is hoping to continue this pattern by not allowing Democrats to investigate the administration the way Republicans did the Clinton Administration. After being in cahoots with those in the GOP spending years tearing down the White House, Bush and Dick Cheney believe now it is time to make the White House an imperial White House, just like during the Nixon administration.
Interesting how the Bush administration is starting to look more and more like the Nixon administration.
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