Robinson: "Denial, Now and 30 Years Ago"

[spooky3]

Eugene Robinson hits the nail on the head.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060201755.html
(if you don't have a password, go to BugMeNot.com).

(snip)...And this time, we don't have to wait for another Deep Throat to guide us. What we already know is more than enough of a scandal -- and certainly more than enough of a stain on the nation's honor.

The administration has adopted its usual tactic: Blame the messenger. The president, the vice president, the defense secretary, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and assorted spokesmen have all made a great show of taking umbrage at one word: gulag.

(snip)

Thank you, Mark Felt, for reminding us that when the truth about Watergate began to come out, people got angry. Congress held hearings -- real hearings, not shadow plays. Officials resigned rather than acquiesce in an abuse of power. Independent-minded judges upheld our Constitution and our values.

Richard Nixon tried to blame the messenger, too. But we didn't let him.

[jasmeel]

1. I noticed the * admin followed their usual tactic-blame the messenger

it's so typical. Everyone should expect it and be ready to counter it.

[realFedUp]

2. I'm looking for another good Republican

to come to the aid of his or her country
over loyalty to the current administration
whose lies and profiteering are leading
this great nation to its destruction.