Partisanship

One of the biggest talking points handed out under whatever rocks and in whatever muck filled ponds that conservatives congregate in the wake of the Libby commutation is that it's alright because Libby was tried and convicted because of partisan politics. That the whole process was politicized from start to finish and that somehow wipes the facts clean from the record. Or at the very least obscures them enough that those with their Republican goggles on can ignore them. Well, it's hard to see how a process involving Bush appointed judges and prosecutors and begun well before the Democrats held any Congressional power could be so unduly influenced. But, you know, so what if it was? The Democrats politicized the process for their partisan gains. They twisted, bent, and tortured the rules of the game to press their advantage home.

Doesn't feel so good when the shoe's on the other foot, does it?

Because perverting, corrupting our system of government is something the Republicans have been doing for years now. We know, thanks to careful, patient, and painstaking investigation of the Department of Justice alone that it's been turned inside and out to further the conservative agenda. And there's been plenty of smoke coming from other places. It won't be surprising when we find the fires where the Constitution is being used as fodder.

If the conservatives, if the Libby defenders want to say, “Well, what about Marc Rich?” Well, it cuts both ways. They've been smashing a bottle on the counter-top and screaming at the rest of us “You want to get nuts?” for the longest time. And I, for one, am sick of it. You want to get nuts? You want to see just how far we can drag each other into the muck? You want to see who can kick, claw, and scratch the hardest down there in the cold, cold dark where no one can see? Then, lets. Lets see just what happens when we use any and everything we can find to screw you over.

Because we have yet begun to fight.