Ever wonder why after making so much noise about calling Cheney and having Libby testify, suddenly the defense tacked off in another direction and became essentially passive. His whole defense became 'I can't remember'. They had to know how silly that might sound to the jury. Scooter must have been told 'don't worry, you won't go to jail', the sabers were put way, Scooter never testified, Cheney was never called, and that was the end of that.

Of course, it'll never be proved. No one will talk, there is no paper trail, and Bush and Cheney will be retired and giving speeches to large corporate sponsors, dropping hints (they're among friends, after all) about what they got away with, long before any evidence surfaces.

And now, off to bed. Maybe I'll dream of sweet justice.

I have no doubt that once the results were made public to the American people, the Republican party would falter badly, quickly finding itself a marginalized isolated minority for many decades to come, and opening the door for the emergence of a number of new political parties who would actually standard in representation of the people of this nation, and bring much-needed new life to our democracy.  We are desperately in need of a third and fourth party in this country with enough seats in the House and Senate to offset the power of the Democrats and Republicans, creating a deciding voting bloc that would put control of the Republic back in the hands of the people.

How hard is it to grasp the concept that holding people accountable for criminal activity engaged in to further political ends is not the same thing as criminalizing politics.