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July 03, 2007

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I think you are placing a great deal more emphasis on rule of law than there ought be. Now, I think Bush is a totally corrupt leader who is absolutely devoid of self-rectification; however, loyalty does seem to be a trait he possesses in spades. If courage, without the rites, leads one to brigandage, loyalty that has not been likewise tempered leads to cronyism. Guanxi gone rotten.

If you sleep until January 2009, you will wake to your own worst nightmares.

Yes, you're right. We can't just give up completely. But Bush has been my worst nightmare - for six years now. And I cannot see how he can be gotten out of office. Impeachment? However valid a case might be, I do not see it happening politically. Democrats in Congress are not unified enough, and will not be unified enough over the next 1.5 years, to get that job done. I imagine some think having Bush as president actually helps them politically, which weakens the possibility that he can be forced out. So we are stuck in terms of institutional power. Maybe that leaves us with only discursive power: continue to make the case for how bad and harmful to the country he has been. I will certainly do that: Bush lost the war! But I do not believe that discursive action can trump institutional power. He is in office, he will almost certainly remain in office, he can use that office for his own political ends (See Libby commutation/future pardon), and we are generally stuck with him. A national tragedy to be sure, but with a definite end in sight. All that matters, institutionally, is that the Republicans be turned out of the executive branch. I believe the rot and corruption run much deeper in that party than just Bush. The prospects for that are good. I really don't care if it is Hilary or Obama (I do not have the netroots hatred of HRC). All that matters is winning in 08 and cleaning house, and restoring the Constitution.

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