Pieces of Paper Everywhere.
The problem with the Capitol Hill Blue article which found George W Bush saying,
“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”
beyond it being a bit too obvious a scion to Bush-opponents, was its similarity to the most bizarre moment of Bush’s Social Security Reform Tour, where he observes that there are pieces of paper in filing cabinets:
The office here in Parkersburg stores those IOUs. They’re stacked in a filing cabinet. Imagine — the retirement security for future generations is sitting in a filing cabinet.
But somewhere along the line I just have to ponder some things about “Capitol Hill Blue”. Previously we had the story of just how absurdly narrow the “Bush Bubble” was… an early parody of the recent Newsweek “Bush In a Bubble” story that conforms to what I think of the man and his administration. Shortly after the “Capitol Hill Blue” story, the story comes out in the Washington Times (if I’m remembering correctly) that Bush is only associating with five people — Condelleza Rice, Barbara Bush, three other women in his circle that I can’t remember. The story falls in line with the Capitol Hill Blue story. Maybe the rumours are just boomeranging around… I don’t know.
Now stare back at the supposed Bush line that It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!
That appears to be his attitude with regards to his wire-tapping of American citizens in the name of security. How does Bush defend himself? By claiming that he has “Legal authority derived from the Constitution and congressional resolution authorizing force.” He is just making stuff up now. And why not? They’re just pieces of paper — that Constitution, and that Congressional Resolution!
(“Total Information Awareness” is in effect.)
For their part, Capitol Hill Blue has this to say about their reliability.
I don’t buy the “if you piss off both sides, you’re doing your job” line. You can easily skewer this in your mind to claim Independence when there is none. Bill O’Reilly reads his mail — a couple shouting about his right-wing bias, and then a couple clamouring about his left-wing bias (who are those people?), and then, with deep satisfaction in his voice, a letter saying how “Fair and Balanced and unencumbered by any ideology” O’Reilly is. It’s a game you can too easily slant to the direction you want.
Never mind. Assume that Capitol Hill Blues is Garbage, parroting out the worst fears the American populace have about the Administration in Power. There remains truth in what they say… and they do it with more courage than the New York Times, which has been sitting on their “Survelliance” story for over a yearbecause the Bush Administration told them to (stopping the election of John Kerry, I may add). And now Bush is shocked… shocked… SHOCKED… that the New York Times printed such a story. SHOCKED, I tell you.
… because he believes in Original Intent. And originally, a lot of the Founding Fathers had problems with the Constitution… you see?