About to Maybe Get Close to Thinking About Possibly . . .
We’re in an amazing period of our government dreaming up possibilities and announcing them as plausible. Not only plausible, but caught in the nick of (something that resembles, but is not exactly, yet possibly could be) time.
Lacking any demonstrable progress on the terrorist-front, other than not having had a second attack, the administration's dream-sequences have begun in preparation for the November mid-term elections. No second attack is like elephant-repellent. Either it works or, possibly, there are no elephants.
Let’s be specific about what is at stake. The Republicans absolutely must retain control of the House and Senate. To fail to do so would provide the trembling touch necessary to bring down their entirely extralegal house of cards. It’s probably unlikely that President Bush would be brought up on impeachment charges, should he lose his outright control of the legislative machinery. But it's not out of the realm of possibility.
The Vice President and Secretary of Defense …