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THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS ITS
BACK AGAINST A STONEWALL
(and the Democrats are loving every minute of it . . .  donation anyone?)

by Judith Haney

USNewsLink/Sunday/January 27, 2002

Well, well, well . . . to borrow a phrase from one the greatest game players to ever live, 'it's Deja vous all over again.'

The latest Democratic game of 'turnabout is fair play', and Republican game of 'let's play hide and seek with federal documents subpoenaed by Congress', is plastered across every newspaper in the country today.

The latest controversy over what the Bush administration knew about Enron, and when they knew it, has posited Vice President Dick Cheney in the unenviable position of obstructing a Congressional investigation.

If allowed to proceed in its present course, the Bush administration's stonewalling of Congress bodes dire consequences for Republicans running for office in 2002. And, naturally, Democrats are gleeful over the prospects of their demise.

Therefore, the question of who is benefiting the most from this latest controversy, i.e., the Democrats in their pursuit of Bush and Cheney, or Bush and Cheney in their all out effort to suppress the truth about Enron's unlawful influence upon U.S. energy policy asks, nay BEGS, to be examined.

The Democrats in Congress have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain by dragging Cheney, George Bush, #43, and their entire Enron entourage (down to the secretaries and floor cleaners) through the investigative mud. Regardless of what the outcome of the investigation may be, the Democrats goal is to drag out the process, at least until the 2002 elections are over, and hopefully beyond. The GOP knows this 'divide and conquer' tactic well, they honed it to a fine art for eight long, long, years during both terms of the Clinton administration.

In truth, the longer Congressional Democrats can drag out the current Enron investigation, locking Cheney and Bush into the scandal stained position of obstructing the investigation, the better chance the American voters will decide early who they will send to Congress in 2002. To say this protracted Enron investigation will give a big boost to Democratic hopefuls in 2002 and 2004 is an understatement.

So . . . if you delve beneath today's headlines, and look beyond Sunday TV news political rhetoric, you will see a MAJOR behind-the-scenes development of fast and furious fundraising by Democrats, and an even faster effort to spin, dodge, and weave around the Congressional canon balls being lobbed (almost hourly) at Bush, Cheney, Enron, and the GOP.

All's fair in love and war. And all is certainly fair in American politics in 2002. After all, it was the Republicans and the GOP who kept the Clinton scandals front and center for 8 years. And after only one full year in office, George Bush, #43, is facing serious questions about his personal ethics, and his selling the American peoples energy interests to the highest bidders, i.e., Enron, and Kenneth Lay.

In the current climate of political roulette, it is fun to watch the political wheel go round and round and round waiting for the next scandal to drop into the laps of the Enron-stained-Bush administration. And if you really think about it, it provides more comic relief than old re-runs of Saturday Night Live. At least those of us who are dyed-in-the-wool Democrats think so.

Now let's see, where on earth did I leave that list of Democratic hopefuls and their letters asking for donations to their various campaigns . . . yep, I think they're a very, VERY, good bet indeed!