The notion that Scooter Libby was acting as a free agent in the CIA outing scandel is a little bit naive...
Clearly, the indictment of Libby at least implies knowledge, or consent, by Cheney for whom Libby was acting as "agent" at most, if not all times.
This case will keep the Iraq Fiasco on the front pages of American papers until at least the 2006 elections... And very likely Iraq itself will provide plenty for the electorate to be concerned about...indeed, the death rate for Soldiers is rising daily now.
As for those "permanent" tax cuts for the rich...? Fuggetabotit. It ain't gonna happen...especially with a new guy at the FED who has to estabilish himself with global central banks; who are already getting antsy about holding US paper!
Worse yet, Dubya is being asked by the Republican radical right to "pick a fight" with the American people on "social issues" --which AMAZINGLY are somehow linked to the Supreme Court nowadays...Go Figure.
For example, the religious right wants to stop judicial "legislation" .... OK?
So, when the voters in Oregon approved "assisted suicide;" the religious right now wants the US Supreme Court to step in and CANCEL THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF OREGON EXPRESSED AT THE BALLOT BOX!
Talk about legislating from the bench!
But fear not, hypocrisy is the very life blood of all religious movements; and the Republican right is no exception!
If the religious right had their way...women would be pregnant and in the kitchen and gays would be back in the closet-ASAP. Especially in the South...where bizarro laws would quickly be passed that make Jim Crow look like a Sunday walk in a "segregated" park...
Clearly, Dubya could "distract" the public with a " big fight" about the Supreme Court...
And perhaps, right now, distraction and blue smoke and mirrors is all that's left of Dubya's so-called "political capital"...
It's going to be a long long three more years.
