A Blow-Job By Any Other Name
Today the oath of office will be administered to George Bush by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who might better kneel than stand before the recipient, having given the gift of office at the expense of the gift of justice. Just as Lewinsky's gift to Clinton tarnished both of them, so too does the shame of this act offend all who witness it. The difference is that in the case of Lewinsky-Clinton we were spared the necessity of watching the dirty deed itself and the Rehnquist-Bush embarrassment is not only televised nationally (and internationally), but celebrated.
There's been almost too much said about the national ability to maintain any sort of focus on an event, the "yesterday's news" and "fifteen minutes of fame" for which we are noted as a society and I'm unable to decide whether that's a good thing or a not so good thing. But it's there, topical I grant you, but there. Somehow or another we were able to sustain a degree of outrage for nearly two years over Bill Clinton's r…