Rove being distanced from President (indictments coming)

[Halliburton]

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/10/white-house-is-hiding-karl-rove-they.html

[jeff30997]

1. Yippee!

[louis-t]

2. cool

[Imagevision]

104. HUFPO had Bush & Cheney as possible indictments via obstruction of justice

because they simply knew what Rove and Libby knew from the get go.

What are the chances of Rove/Libby having knowledge about Plame/Wison smearing without the Prez and the VP....? ZERO...!

[Nickster]

3. OH MAN! I really really really hope this is true!

[Missy M]

4. They may try to distance Rove from bush but his presence.....

will always be felt by those in the know. bush and Rove are two peas in a pod.

[Dudley_DUright]

Considering he is "Bush's Brain", that is going to be a neat trick

Time to get out the beer and popcorn. :beer::popcorn:

[demobabe]

52. Here's hoping "Bush's Brain"

...becomes "Bush's Brain Tumor!"

[mmonk]

56. and is malignant

[rosesaylavee]

126. Perhaps there will be 'BRAIN' surgery...

lobotomy? :shrug:

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Too late for that. Bush and Rove are practically inseparable

in most people's minds. I don't think any amount of distance will insulate Bush from this mess.

[ChowChowChow]

6. I CAN'T WAIT

[KittyWampus]

7. Whoa, think I just experienced a petitmort on reading this thread title.

can the Universe finally be getting ready to rebalance itself?

[Geoff R. Casavant]

24. Petitmort?

Little death? Why, isn't that the term they use in France to refer to . . . ?

Ew.

[Pab Sungenis]

99. You mean....

...the "When Harry Met Sally" diner moment? Yep.

(Avoiding making this a sex thread through sheer will alone.)

[tabasco]

8. Two turds swirling in the bowl together.

Sorry for the imagery but it sums up my opinion of these swine.

[jazzjunkysue]

9. I love a nice indictment in the morning.

I swear, I'll be so happy when this happens, no one I work with will be able to stand me.

Let's vote him off the island. Now.

:popcorn:

[McCamy Taylor]

10. Rove's last decision as Bush's brain was to pick Miers to let him off on

appeal.

[wicket]

11. Time to pop come popcorn...

...and watch the coming fireworks! :popcorn: :)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. A friend was saying last night that he was conspicuously absent from the

... press conference yesterday. I hadn't even noticed.

[Lexingtonian]

13. Oh, that sweet smell of Republican indictments in the morning....

With apologies to Francis Ford Coppola.

[Straight Shooter]

14. How do you like your humble pie, Karl?

Served very very cold and in your face.

[PurpleChez]

123. With a side order of Freedom Fries, of course.

;)

[marmar]

15. * has looked like a toy soldier with weak batteries lately...

Clearly Rover hasn't been around to coach him thru the transmitter box.

[rateyes]

16. March that frog!!

Walk that perp. Cuff that criminal. Indict, arrest, try, convict, and sentence----and, get Bush while you're at it to keep the "pardons" away.

:popcorn:

[AnneD]

75. The perp walk is too good for him

believe me, there are many in DC on both sides of the asile that would love to tar and feather him. Anyone that didn't play along or was opposition was smeared. The list of those smeared include Ann Richards (accused of being alcoholic and lesbian friendly), Max Cleland (didn't earn medals in Nam), John McCain (fathered black child, stoolie to VC while he was POW in Hanoi Hilton), Jessica Lynch when she wouldn't play the hero (rumours circulating she was raped), Joe Wilson, the guy that faced down SH and protected Americans in Iraq in GWI (outed his wife as agent). These are just a few that I know of, but this pink little piggie needs 'Deliverence' to the pen ASAP.

[rateyes]

114. I hope, before sentencing,

that all the above mentioned folk get to speak as victims to his crimes....then I hope they lock him in a room with all of them for just 5 minutes.

[JNelson6563]

17. Snippet here

The White House is hiding Karl Rove - they know something's coming...
by John in DC - 10/05/2005 03:36:00 PM

I just talked to a source who told me that Karl Rove has been missing from a number of recent White House presidential events - events that he has ALWAYS attended in the past. For example, Rove was absent from yesterday's presidential press conference to promote Harriet Miers. These are the kind of events Rove ALWAYS attends, I'm told, yet of late he's been MIA each and every time.

{snip}

hmmm.....trouble's a brewin'.......:toast:

Juile

[Tiggeroshii]

18. The first thing on my B Day list is a Rove indictment

Today is my birthday. Think it can still happen, or will it be a belated present? That'll still be good! =D

[kostya]

26. Happy Birthday!!!

:party: :toast: :yourock:

[PurpleChez]

125. Happy Birthday! In place of candles on your cake may you have

at least as many bushco indictments.

[ClintonTyree]

32. Happy Birthday, Tiggeroshii.........

there's only one birthday president I can think of that could be better, and that's bush's impeachment or resignation. Here's to 'ya, :toast: and hoping your birthday wish comes true!

[faithnotgreed]

45. such a happy birthday to you

and you can celebrate again tomorrow (we hope)

[Rob H.]

55. Happy Birthday!

Mine is today, too. :)

[snappyturtle]

81. Happy B'day!!!!!!!

Mine was September 2nd--the day * was twisting Gov. Blanco's arm trying to force her to turn over LA NG to WH control--I think your day is a lot more fun!!! :woohoo:

[Rob H.]

87. Thanks!

If I can't get my "Bush impeachment" birthday wish, I'll be more than happy with this one, instead. :)

[Tiggeroshii]

91. October five is a good day!

Happy Birthday! :-)

[FourStarDemocrat]

98. It sure is, it's also my little son's birthday!

He's begun double digits today, hehe...

And if these rumors are true.. we'll have an added thing to celebrate each october1

[Tiggeroshii]

105. Yay!

Happy Birthday to your boy! I hope these rumors turn true, ineed. Even if it happens to be belated, I still would really appreciate a.. Rove.. indictment..... haha! :bounce:

[FourStarDemocrat]

113. Thank you!

:hi:

And Happy Birthday to you too!

[kskiska]

19. Maybe his kidney stones

are giving him trouble again. Or maybe his situation is making his kidney stones act up.

[lisa58]

20. I just heard...

from my brother who is canvasing for the local dems that the rumor is indictments are coming tomorrow!

[deminks]

21. pleural??? Please,please,please let it be so.

Thank you no matter what happens for brightening my afternoon.

[lisa58]

22. You're welcome...

made mine too!

[mmonk]

65. What area of the country is local for him?

DC?

[lisa58]

73. No, New Jersey

[mmonk]

116. thanks, just wondering

Wonder if anyone in my state has heard.

[Ladyhawk]

117. Oh, please! Oh, please! Oh, please! Oh, please!

Dear Santa,

All I want for Christmas is my country back.

LH

[katty]

37. I have read the same from ex-intel people--ABC let GeoSteph

drop the bomb to prepare the public. they would NEVER have let their boy do this w/out the highest approval from the network.

[Buns_of_Fire]

40. The same day as Piddle's "major address" on Iraqnam?

That would be sweet!

But the Grand Jury is still in session until the 28th, so I'm willing to give Fitz as much time as he needs to make everything nice and airtight. I've waited this long, I can wait a little longer.

Besides, I've still got to lay in a stock of popcorn and beer (the good stuff, this time!).

[VolcanoJen]

62. Ummmm.... why do you think Bush is planning that speech for tomorrow?

}( }( }(

I think tomorrow might be the day, my friends!

[BootinUp]

72. What speech??

link?


:hi:

[VolcanoJen]

76. Here are a few links for you...

Bush speech to crank up Iraq message

Excerpt... read it and puke! :-)

PRESIDENT George W. Bush will attempt to rally Americans wavering on Iraq with a speech which his senior aides have said will be "significant".

Faced with raging violence in Iraq, a US death toll fast approaching 2,000 troops and rising domestic angst over the course of the war, the Bush national security team is telling Americans that now is not the time to quit.

They compare post-Saddam Hussein Iraq to failed-state Afghanistan, an anarchic swamp where terrorism found a home, and Al-Qaeda plotted the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

Bush aides have argued for months it is better to fight the "terrorists" like Al-Qaeda's Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in Iraq, than on American streets after fresh devastating terror attacks in Iraq this past week.

The administration is now bolstering that warning by fleshing out what they see as the perils in leaving before enough Iraqi troops can be trained to enforce security.

"If we quit now, we will abandon Iraq's democrats at the time of greatest need," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a major speech on Friday at Princeton University.

And another...

Bush seeks to defend Iraq strategy ahead of October 15 referendum

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush, facing a major test with the October 15 constitutional referendum in Iraq, will be redoubling his efforts in the coming days to defend his strategy in the war-torn country.

He is to deliver a speech on the war on terrorism Thursday in Washington, and he met on Wednesday with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and US General David Petraeus, who until recently was in charge of training Iraqi security forces.

[BootinUp]

83. Thanks Jen!

:)











:puke:

[Buns_of_Fire]

107. Might be; but if Tinkles is trying to upstage Fitz, he's DOUBLE-dumb

Consider what he's trying to sell to the country -- an increasingly unpopular war, launched on lies/incompetence. Along comes Fitz with indictments charging that members of the executive branch knowingly outed a CIA agent in retribution for someone telling the TRUTH about some of the reasons for that selfsame unpopular war.

If both happen tomorrow, it won't matter what sequence they're in. If Tinkles' speech comes first and is like all his other speeches (i.e., unconvincing), it'll still be on people's minds when Fitz takes center stage to drive in the stake. If the indictments come first, who but the truly brain-dead (read: his "base") are going to listen to a word * has to say, anyway.

And either way, the Keith Olbermanns and the Randi Rhodeses and the like of the world will take great pleasure in juxtaposing the two events. Either way, Numnutz comes out with the messy end of the shitstick.

I think I'll get a few extra bags of popcorn, and maybe a 12-pack instead of a six-pack. This could be good. :evilgrin:

[AllyCat]

93. So does Rover have to relinquish his post like DeLay did?

That would be neat! I think after he is sentenced, all the RW pundits would agree that sending him to Gitmo would be a country club: perfect for him! After all, they have two fruits on their meal trays!

[Patchuli]

111. Yeah and he'd probably love Gitmo's

little 'practices' after having a 'Bulldog' Jeff! heheee:P

[Ladyhawk]

120. Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, tomorrow!

You're only a DAY...A....WAY!!!!!!!!!

[ThingsGottaChange]

23. I'm absolutely GIDDY!!!!!!! nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

25. Very Disappointing

I was shooting much higher than Rove. However, watching Dim Son's press conference yesterday, he didn't strike me as a man going down when someone asked him a question about Plamegate. He's not that good an actor.

[Pithy Cherub]

48. Patience - Indictments move like reverse ripples.

This is all about getting different folks for lying, conspiacies and/or turning states evidence against bigger fish. Drama is good, let them come in slooowly fo maximum impact! Get your favorite :popcorn: and lets enjoy!:party:

[Walt Starr]

58. I don't think Fitzgerald would ever indict Bush

due to the constitutional crisis that would ensue. At best, I figure Bush and Cheney to be named unindicted co-conspirators.

[yodermon]

103. Are you sure about Cheney?

I thought the veep is vulnerable to outright indictment.

[VolcanoJen]

63. One of the reasons Bush f'd up the Katrina response so poorly...

... was because Rove wasn't around to tell him what he was supposed to do.

If we get Rove out of the way, we've got a true lame duck President with three years to go.

I'll take that... that works for me. :-)

[savemefromdumbya]

27. there will probably be an attack

just to keep your minds off the indictments?

[ClintonTyree]

28. When I see it, I'll believe it.

I've had my hopes dashed against the rocks too many times to get excited about a rumor no matter how many people attest to it's truthfulness. I'd like to believe it's true, that their IS a god, lords of Karma, kismet, whatever you want to call it. Not being a person capable of blind faith I'll wait for the printed word or better yet a video of Rove being frog-marched out of the White House before I engage in any celebratory activities. I can't stand the heartbreak of being let down again.
Here's hoping though!

[ChiciB1]

61. Couldn't Have Said It Any Better...

I want to EYE-BALL an event!! And let's hope they get Scooter too!

Fingers crossed and that's about as excited as I can get.

[proud patriot]

29. Wheeeeeeeeee !

:D

[KamaAina]

30. If (when?) KKKarl does the perp walk, who controls the Katrina slush fund?

Or will Rove try to run the operation from prison the way Al Capone did?

[ClintonTyree]

36. I'm sure he'll control it from prison....

just as DeLay would control the House from prison. These guys do not give up power easily, it's their drug. Paraphrasing Chuck Heston, "you'd have to pry it from their cold, dead hands".

[napi21]

31. What do you think Rove will do in response to indictments?

Will he fight with all he's got to save his own a**?

Will he turn on others in the WH to make a deal?

[The Doctor.]

33. This could be bad.

If this administration is impeached, many of our international relationships will change.

I am especially worried about the Chinese. Without these despots in the White House and the threat they carry for ME expansion, there may be enough incentive on the world market for the Chinese to let our economy bleed out.

We should have listened to Carter over 30 years ago.

If this administration is deposed the only thing that will save this country is a frank and painful discussion of the stark measures needed to keep us from going down.

I hope our politicians have the vision, fortitude, and leadership to pull that off...

but I'm not betting my first-born on it.

[AntiFascist]

43. On the other hand...

so many like-minded folk may begin celebrating that it could be a tremendous boost to the economy!

[The Doctor.]

100. LOL! That's great!

By Jove I hope you're right!

In fact I'd bet on it. Unfortunately, it would only last a few weeks tops... and it won't stop corporations from outsourcing.

Nah, Dems will need serious leadership to help us pull our fat out of the fire.

But I promise to come to the vindication party.

:party::toast::party:
:toast::bounce::party:
:beer::party::toast:

:puke:


:hangover:

[SharonRB]

34. Let the games begin!

I hope it's soon. I can't stand the suspense anymore.

[ClayZ]

35. WHOO HOO!

It is time!

:popcorn:

[hvn_nbr_2]

38. If you remove a chimp's brain... slip another chimpburger on the barbie

Let's see how much biology I remember from school. If you remove a chimp's brain, does the chimp get smarter or dumber? Is dumber possible? With Rove out of action for kidney stones (or whatever it was), Dumbya didn't have enough sense to cut his 5-week vacation short when a large American city was under water. Slip another chimpburger on the barbie, mate, 'cause this chimp is toast.

[aresef]

39. I'm not typically a religious person but....

Hallelujah and amen!

[av8rdave]

41. Even if indicted, I doubt Turd Blossom will be gone...

He is simply too indispensible to *

Consider this: When the Plame story first broke, what did the * people say? (McClellan, I think): Anyone found to be involved will not work for this administration (my paraphrase).

When Rove's involvement became indisputable, then it was ANYONE CONVICTED OF A CRIME (emphasis mine) will no longer work for this administration.

My guess is that when the indictment comes down, we'll get it straight from * himself: Anyone convicted of a crime and not pardoned by me will no longer...

You get the idea.

Cheers all,

av8rdave

[SoCalDem]

64. He will just be reassigned to "study" the indictment process

:(

[rosesaylavee]

127. At a six-figure salary no doubt. n/t

[Roland99]

128. Or remain a "consultant". Wonder if he'll keep his security clearance?

[windbreeze]

130. and it seems today, that I read

* made the comment, in a speech, that he wasn't sure if anyone would be fired...???
windbreeze

[savemefromdumbya]

42. Take your bets - who else will it be?

Bush, cheney, libby, rove, card, olson, miller, ashcroft, tenet, rice, powell - just guessing (and hoping)

[0007]

47. I hope Bolton!

[savemefromdumbya]

51. that's right he got mixed up with Miller?

forgot him!

[AllyCat]

95. Bolton would be nice. Rice might go if the Chinese spy thing moves.

Maybe A$$craft?

[0007]

44. I bet Karen Hughes is snuggling up and getting ready to fill

in Karl's place, 'eh?

[VolcanoJen]

67. Isn't she a little busy repairing our relationships with the Middle East?

;-)

[0007]

80. Perhaps Bolton can take over that position since he's doing so

well in the UN.

[majortom52k]

46. Rove/Bush

Rather than consider Rove, Bush's brain, I have always considered Bush, Rove's ass hole.

[savemefromdumbya]

49. is that how he got the nickname turd blossom? nt

[Hubert Flottz]

54. LMAO...

Welcome to DU!

[OneForLuck]

50. please

oh please oh please oh please oh please please please please

[xultar]

53. So are they saying that his hand has been removed from chimpy's ass?

:hurts:

Indict rove.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT

[wellstone_democrat]

109. as usual? I'm with Xultar

I'd love to believe it, but I won't until I actually see it.

[sunnystarr]

57. Did he leave the country before the indictment?

Or is it a different image than rats deserting the ship?

[ChiciB1]

59. WHO IS JOHN IN D.C.???? n/t

[9thkvius]

82. John in D.C. is John Aravosis

He's the main blogger over at AMERICABlog.

[ChiciB1]

85. Okey-Dokey...

Here is MY addiction along with all the other regular publications!

Hard to keep up with everything!

[mmonk]

60. the indictments are coming, the indictments are coming!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause:

[Jim__]

66. I've been kinda hoping Cheney would get indicted.

But, a rove indictment would definitely be great news.

[MADem]

68. If the clowns who went before the Grand Jury all got their stories to

MATCH (Timmy TwoShoes Russert, Novakula, Judy Miller, etc.) and they hung this whole mess on Kidneystone Karl, I would expect him to work a deal for no cuffs, bond, a resignation, and the minute he shows up to court, he pleads NOLO, receives a sentence, and Bush pardons him IMMEDIATELY.

They'll claim he acted without authority, like they did with the junior enlisted at Abu Gharaib.

Then he quietly goes to work as a WH consultant, just like ole BROWNIE did.

[BrklynLiberal]

69. PUH-LEEZE! PUH-LEEZE! PUH-LEEZE! PUH-LEEZE!

[BootinUp]

74. heeheehee! Great pic.

:evilgrin:

He wet his pants too!! lol.

[geckosfeet]

108. Love this pic - thanks for posting again!! Hoping the real one is better!

[cassiepriam]

70. Yah, right. Without Rove, * cannot function. nt

[Deb]

71. Congrats on being part of a DU "best ever" home page!

:bounce: wooooooo hooooooo! :woohoo:

[BlueJac]

77. We can always hope it's true!

:evilgrin::party::toast::woohoo:

[jrw14125]

78. 22 Indictments Pending (acc. to Radar mag - rumor mill)

http://www.radarmagazine.com/the-wire/2005/10/05/index.php#wire_003399

[VolcanoJen]

79. That's interesting... but we should be just a little bit cautious.

Knowing the deviants running the White House, they might have leaked that crap themselves, so that if it turns out to be fewer indictments, or even no indictments, they can whine and cry about the Democratic DC Rumor Mill, or some other such trite crap.

I think something's going down, but I can wait just a few more hours until the Thursday news cycle begins... around 7:00 am ET? :-)

[Rob H.]

86. 22 indictments?! Wow!

They couldn't all be for Rove, could they? Here's hoping they spread 'em around.
(ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease)

And welcome to DU!

[WLKjr]

84. so that explains the uhs, duhs and mmms

Karl removed his had from the back of G Dub's collar......interesting.

[SammyWinstonJack]

88. What's Pinhead** gonna say, that he doesn't know Rove?

:rofl: Work well with Kenny boy. :yoiks:

[BootinUp]

97. He's gonna say: You're doin a heck of a job Rovie!

Then after he's fired and the press starts asking questions, "I don't know the latest, I haven't talked to Condi yet, I'm gonna call her as soon as I get on the plane."

[robbedvoter]

101. Ain't he the fellow that helped Ann Richards?

:shrug:

[American Infidel]

89. I doubt it

Bush owes so much to Rove, I really don't think that he would kick him to the curb so quickly.

[VolcanoJen]

90. He can't function without Rove, and he owes his entire political career...

... to Karl.

Bush will wait for convictions before he fires anyone, if you ask me. His approval ratings are as low as they can go, so he won't even care if there's a mounting chorus urging the President to fire those who are indicted.

And besides, name one senior staff member that Bush has ever fired... Paul O'Neill doesn't really count. :-)

[American Infidel]

92. Bush only gets rid of

Bush only gets rid of people who betray him. He loves cronyism, the entire government now is tied to Bush's past in Texas or to his father.

[Geo55]

94. How SWEET it would be....we will see

Oh slimy Mr. Rove
The dirty cloth you have wove
If there be righteousness on high,
perhaps it's YOUR turn to FRY !

(I'm all tingly...I know, calm down boy)

[Roland99]

96. Red Rover, Red Rover, can Bubba come over?

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

110. LOL!!

:rofl:

[Punkingal]

102. Yesssssss!!!!!

I waved a sign in that slug's face in Vegas last year where he came for a fundraiser that said, "Peace is Patriotic." He smiled and nodded his head and gave me a thumbs up. How is that for arrogance?

I will be sooooooo happy to see him indicted! I can't even imagine what he would look like after a jail term, he already looks like he hasn't seen the sunshine in years he is so pasty-white. There were dozens of us out there because we knew he was coming, but I was the only one who managed to get in his face because I was standing right by the gate when his SUV turned in. (Yeah, an SUV, of course.) I survived a face-to-face encounter with the evil one, and we are going to survive Bush's America, too. They can't spin Bush's Brain being indicted. They just can't.

[vanboggie]

106. Offer lighter sentence

if Turdblossom sings about the stolen elections.

Lighter = Life with without chance of parole, but we will refrain from tar and feathers.

[bearfan454]

112. Halla fucking luya !

About time.

[Independent_Liberal]

115. Sweeeeeeet!

DeLay, Frist, Abramoff, Safavian, Rove, Libby, etc. It couldn't get any better!

[nadinbrzezinski]

118. Sometthings about cuffs and frogs come to mind

hey Karl I hope you look good in orange, assuming your other half does not pardon you

[rdmccur]

119. Breaking story from Daniel Hopsicker

may be part of this web of corruption?
See http://www.madcowprod.com/09302005.html

[vogonity]

121. How could this affect the Iraq situation?

God this is a beautiful thing. These guys are losing credibility by the hour. How do you think the soldiers in Iraq will react to the news that so many of the people who sent them to fight will be facing serious charges? What will the Generals over there think? What congress say when Bushco comes and asks for more money for the war?

[muchacho]

122. sweet sassyfrassy

let it be so!

[symbolman]

124. In honor of the Coming Wrath of Law I wrote and performed

a song "Secret Agent Plame" for Valerie Plame and for the credits of my film "Rove's War" that many here have been waiting for me to finish and ship.. (I was ill for about a month, really bad, better now tho)

Well, the film is done for those of you at the DU that have been so patient so I'll be sending your copies out in the next two days, meanwhile you can listen to the music I wrote for the credits (actually I wrote all the music in the film and performed that too, but it's a lot more low key)..

and I want to thank each of you for your patience, I apologise profusely but besides being very ill, I wanted to be sure and do a good job, so you'll probably be pleased with the two DVD set, 150+ minutes of hearings, (Downing Street Minutes with Conyers), graphics, hilarious right wing hypocrisy and a Chronology of the Plame outing from the beginning up to this point, that you'll be getting in the mail.

You can hear "Secret Agent Plame" at http://www.takebackthemedia.com

Hope you enjoy, if you do, kick this thread and let me know and pass it around if your would, I want Fitz and Wilson, maybe Rove and Libby to hear this one!

Thanks again for your patience,

Symbolman

[TheMadMonk]

129. One hopes that this is only the beginning.

Somewhere recently I saw a blog which gave a fairly comprehensive list of Repukes up for indictmens.

I'm hoping that a web of links, new names and new crimes will start to emerge as one or more of the top echelon goes down. Is there a whip behind the whips? Who is it? That is the person to concentrate on.

People are grumbling at how cravenly the Dems have caved time and time again over issues that should have had them screaming blue murder. Corporate interests might keep a few "dems" safely coralled, but to the degree we've seen time and time again.

What if there's a reason?

Where are the dirt files?

Is that what caused the catipulations so quickly after the elections. Not because Kerry himself was compromised, but because he was shown how deeply the Party could be gutted.

If it does so gut the Democrats, then so be it. The Repukes are going to be gutted even worse.

A clean broom might be just what the US needs, no matter how painful it is. It would be a heaven sent oportunity to break the two party stranglehold. A tiny clean core should remain of each party, though care might be needed to ensure there were no "cleanskin sleepers" left behind. Huge swathes of seats in both houses will be up for grabs. Make sure the right people grab them. Working coalitions should help ensure that multiple interests get proper representation.

The cherry on the cake would be an independent president smart enough introduce legislation requiring all future presidents to select/accept an advisor from all parties.

A nice filip would be requiring the selections to be made only from sitting members of one or both houses and the seat to pass to the #2 vote getter.

Then there's preferential voting, cleaning up the voting system for once and for all, making it as fraud proof and transparent as possible (I like the idea of electronic tabulation of mark sense cards (filled out behind a screen of holes). Have random manual counts for cross checking against the tabulators and a full manual count on any result that differs from exit poll by more than the margin of error;

And why are you electing civil employees like dog catchers? Isn't that unnecessary complication of the electoral process and a waste of time in the booth? (All I think it does is give a false illusion of control. WHst we vote fore locally Why elect or even have sherrifs these days? And why so many levels of police. Australia gets by on state level and federal. Our intelligence services are severely circumscribed in their internal activities (though this looks like become less so in the near future)

Streamlining it looks nice too. 2 local tickets, mayor and council. 2 or 3 state, 3 federal and 1 presidential. I do however like the idea of direct voting for certain types of projects. A degree of direct budgetary control is quite useful, with proper checks and balances of course.

There is so much you could do if the current system self destructs as it so looks like doing. Republicans will not be the only casualties. It's not a pleasant sounding option, but it us one that offers up an ideal opportunity for ALL of the people to take back control of the country and reshape it into something the founders would both recognise and aprove of.