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Ehrlick decried Bush’s lying crony and condemned conservative criminal politicization of the judicial branch of government. He gave Coleman an “attaboy” for his (tardy) anti-Gonzales statement. Fine!
But Ehrlick fell victim to the same bamboozling spin conservatives aim toward narrow-minded single-issue voters, and/or he is courting local conservative readers. Frankly, Coleman’s deceptive and damaging spin-games are strikingly similar to that of charlatans like Pat Robertson and just as obvious.
Behind all the political machinations is the fact that Gonzales’ dismissal/resignation would be doubly problematic for the administration. The White House cannot afford to be embroiled in lengthy Judicial Committee hearings. They also fear a new attorney general might be forced into a criminal perjury investigation. Coleman howls because nothing will happen.
Coleman’s well-oiled deceit mirrors the Bush administration’s absolute disregard for truth and dependence on spin. Instead of going along, if Coleman had any integrity, he would have balked when he learned of White House plans to suppress liberal Minnesota voter’s rights and condemned them by name for violating their oath of office and the Constitution.
How does Coleman explain his utter lack of integrity? The same way Coleman and conservative family values/right-to-lifers explain rationalizing as Christian and just, torture, perjury, undermining America’s defense capability, unprecedented debt and outright corruption. Spin!
Good governance must be more than one bill, a single issue or pork barrel bribery. At crunch time, Coleman marches the conservative cadence because his interest is himself, period.
Coleman rode Bush’s coattails (carpetbagged) on the war, among other issues, when it helped, and he flopped when the war — and Bush’s leadership — went south. Spin, like his party, is Coleman’s only substance.
Again, one seemingly bipartisan act does not change this political sow’s ear into a silk purse, even with remarkable liberal stupidity thrown in. Yet, this slick huckster’s games seem to have bamboozled a skittish Daily News editor, but not astute Minnesota voters.
All bamboozlers should be exposed, not saluted.
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