Quote:
Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
In addition to taking the under on Slave's 64 yeas for Alito (calling the vote of 52), I also predict that history will regard the Bush administration's terrorist imprisonment approaches to be a nadir not only for american foreign policy but also for its role as the leader of the free world. Although it may ultimately be something of an historical footnote, like McCarthyism, it will be a noted one.
Good lord--the ends do not always justify the means.
|
I note that I
have 53 , so your play is one below mine. I'm thinking of changing to 51 (which, of course, can be either a 51-50 or a 51-49), but it doesn't leave much room for error. I feel trapped.
I agree on the Guantanamo issue; Bush's greatest fear right now has to be that ten years from now he is seen as the President who got us into a still-deepening Iraq quagmire and who cheapened the constitution and dirtied America's image.
He needs to find some other significant accomplishment in his second term, such as a shift in the Supreme Court or a significant revision of the tax code, while finding a way to disengage from Iraq and sweep Guantanamo under the rug, simply to preserve his legacy and to leave the Republicans in a position to win the next election.
