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Obama, The Presumptive President -- Because GeeDubya Is History

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 3:22pm.

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Christine Bowman

Frank Rich's "How Obama Became Acting President" is a column for the history books -- totally on-target, with original and astute observations.

Barack Obama is our new "acting president," as Rich says -- or the presumptive president, or president in waiting, however observers might choose to put it -- because the current occupant has been entirely discredited and rejected, both at home and abroad. "The opening for a successor arrived prematurely, and the vacuum had been waiting to be filled."

The inadequacy of the sitting president demands that America leave him behind -- and the sooner, the better. That means before January 20, 2009. And before November 4, 2008. Americans and our allies are desperate for change. Even though the campaigns and voters must continue to work through the legally-mandated electoral process step by step, we already have passed a threshold psychologically and have begun our process of reconstruction.

Change is not just a campaign promise. It's not a filmy dream, or something out there on the horizon. It has come.

In contrast to John McCain, Barack Obama recognizes that urgent fact. It is not arrogance on the Democratic candidate's part, but the reality that has evolved. Obama finds himself in the right place at the right time as a candidate. That makes him not presumptuous, but truly presumptive.

George W. Bush is history. In the minds of many, he's the worst president ever. From start to finish. We regret letting him serve.

Americans do remember that he got off to a troubling start. In 2000, George W. Bush won the White House without having won the popular vote -- and with extraordinary help from Katherine Harris, then-Florida Secretary of State, and from the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2004, Bush snagged a second term with the help of the scurrilous Swiftboaters, and Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, and "Bush's Brain" aka "The Architect" Karl Rove, who just today was found in contempt of Congress.

The two Bush terms have been nightmarish for Americans. Watching Bush's idea of world leadership play out has been a nightmare also for America's friends overseas. Time and again, Bush and his leadership team have shocked people of conscience and good will with their audacious and contemptuous actions and attitudes.

Could we ever forget the deception and manipulation that led to the Iraq war? The rationales that shifted like sands in the desert? The leaks and lies and conviction and commuted sentence surrounding the outing of an undercover agent engaged in counterterrorism? The loss of interest in finding Osama bin Laden? (“I truly am not that concerned about him.”) The torture?

On the home front, need we say more than "Katrina"? Well, the domestic spying and other constitutional lapses bother a lot of folks. And our Justice Department remains a shambles despite Gonzales' forced departure.

Americans and our allies are desperate for change. Obama understands that.

On the GOP side, as Frank Rich writes, John McCain is "a candidate so oblivious to our nation’s big challenges ahead that he is doubling down in his campaign against both Mr. Maliki and Mr. Obama to be elected commander in chief of the surge." Rich's portrayal of John McCain as the hapless, sputtering Mr. Wilson from "Dennis the Menace" is priceless. McCain truly is a weak candidate running on the wrong platform at the wrong time. Both independents and the hard-core conservative base have serious doubts about him.

But even if the Republican Party had found a better candidate this year, would it have mattered? American voters, and the remaining friends we have overseas after the long, disastrous Bush presidency, can't take it anymore. We will have change, and we have our next presumptive president.

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For an array of well-argued opinions on the outcome of the Obama-McCain contest, and the remaining pitfalls, see readers' comments at: Horse Race or Blowout? BuzzFlash Readers Predict Election 2008 Outcome.

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS

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Pelosi

Submitted by blackjack on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 2:45am.
Pelosi does not have the back-bone or the guts to hold Rove(TURD BLOSSOM) in contempt. Why is the hearing for Rove(TURD BLOSSOM) in the HOUSE not being held until sometime in SEPTEMBER. LONG enough for Pelosi and Hoyer to find a way to WHIMP out of the CONTEMPT HEARINGS FOR Rove(TURD BLOSSOM). Just sit back and watch Pelosi and Hoyer start DEFENDING Rove(TURD BLOSSOM). I wish that WE the PEOPLE could through Pelosi and Hoyer out of office now they have done as much damage to our CONSTITUTION as Bush and Chanie crime family.And BILL of RIGHTS.
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Karl Rove Headed For the Pokey?

Submitted by MsSwin on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 5:04pm.
Coming to your local political theater SOON! ROVE ROLLS, HE TALKS, HE WALKS French Subtitle: Singing Folsom Prison Blues In A Red State Prison No one can resist a great summertime movie to help take our minds off war, high gas prices and air-conditioning we can no longer afford. An even better way to beat the summertime blues is a hot, juicy, major political scandal, especially when it features our favorite criminal master mind, Karl Rove, as the lead player. Cyber Intrigue, Treason, Voter Fraud, Blackmail and Secret Whistle Blowers! What more can we ask for? Who will be subpoenaed? Who will answer a subpoena? Who's going to the pokey?! With a cast that rivals that of "Moses'" Staring in Alphabetical Order! Cliff "Atticus" Arnebeck fighting for Justice and the American Way. Heather Connel as leading lady, torn between her family's safety and the integrity of her vote. Michael Connel, the mastermind voter fraud genius and self described behind the scenes power house or just a simple misunderstood geek? Dennis "The Menace" Kucinich as himself. John McCain, as the laughable but lovable old soap box politician who remains confused and perplexed by it all. The Honorable Michael B. "Wild Card" Mukasey whose role in the final scenes will astound you. And last but not least! Karl Rove, King Maker with ties to Power that only Power knows. ACT V, Scene II Dear Attorney General Mukasey: We have been confidentially informed by a source we believe to be credible that Karl Rove has threatened Michael Connell, a principal witness we have identified in our King Lincoln case in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, that if he does not agree to "take the fall" for election fraud in Ohio, his wife Heather will be prosecuted for supposed lobby law violations. This appears to be in response to our designation of Rove as the principal perpetrator in the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim with respect to which we issued document hold notices last Thursday to you and to the US Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform. I have informed court chambers and am in the process of informing the Ohio Attorney General's and US Attorney's offices in Columbus for the purpose, among other things, of seeking protection for Mr. Connell and his family from this reported attempt to intimidate a witness. Concurrently herewith, I am informing Mr. Conyers and Mr. Kucinich in connection with their Congressional oversight responsibilities related to these matters. Because of the serious engagement in this matter that began in 2000 of the Ohio Statehouse Press Corps, 60 Minutes, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, C-Span and Jim VandeHei, and the public's right to know of gross attempts to subvert the rule of law, I am forwarding this information to them, as well. Cliff Arnebeck, Attorney ACT V, SCENE III The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey Attorney General of the United States U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 RE: Document Hold Notice for Emails of Karl Rove Dear Mr. Attorney General: We represent public interest clients on behalf of which we intend to assert an Ohio Corrupt Practices Act/RICO claim against Mr. Karl Rove and others based upon their activities beginning in 2000 to use corporate treasury money and other resources in violation of applicable laws to establish single faction, dominance in the United States, military dominance in the world and generally undermine the rule of law as it had developed over the course of the past century. Mr. Rove's e-mails from the White House to the Justice Department, the FBI, the Pentagon, Congress and various federal regulatory agencies are obviously relevant to the factual issues that we intend to address in this case. We are concerned about reports that Mr. Rove not only destroyed e-mails, but also took steps to destroy the hard drives from which they had been sent. This is to request that you advise both the Secret Service, which we understand should have a complete record of e-mails sent to and from the White House, and federal agencies with which Mr. Rove was communicating to protect such electronic records from destruction pending our opportunity to discover them in the course of the prospective litigation. Sincerely yours, Clifford O. Arnebeck, Jr. Clifford O. Arnebeck, Jr. Attorney at Law cc: John Conyers, Jr., Chairman, U.S. House Cmte on the Judiciary Robert Fitrakis, Esq. Henry Eckhart, Esq. Stay tuned. Refreshments will be served. See: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6189 for performance schedules in your local area http://www.opednews.com/articles/ROVE-ROLLS--HE-TALKS--HE-W-by-MsSwin-080730-999.htm
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