National Republican Resignation Week

Gosh, things are heating up in the resignation industry. Plenty of opportunity over there at Walter Reed still to lose lots of brass, General Pace with his big homophobic foot in his mouth, AG Gonzales — once seriously thought of as a candidate for the Supreme Court, now demonstrating why Congress should never rush to confirm a Bush appointment — taking full responsibility and no one even believes that, VP Cheney still much loved…the list is quickly becoming endless.

So endless, in fact, that any day now we might cross the line where the entire effort of the government and all the black ink of the fourth estate will be spent investigating corruption and talking about yet another resignation of a prominent Republican. Why, Fox news will no doubt by the end of the week consume all of its fair and balanced resources trying to defend the miscreants.

I have a suggestion to save time and money: let's declare, say, the week of 1 April to be "Republican Resignation Week". All those who have been, are, or will be feeling the pressure of federal investigation and indictment can simply step down, no resignation letters or "I'm not a crook" press conferences necessary. C'mon: everyone will be doing it!

Sorry, no amnesty though. After all, we need something to keep all those federal prosecutors off the streets.

Posted on March 14, 2007 at 11.48 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Current Events

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Wednesday, 14 March 2007 at 23.28
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    And through it all President Bush can be counted on to express concern.

    Yep, he's concernin' hard, and concernin' hard is work.

  2. Written by rightsaidfred
    on Sunday, 18 March 2007 at 07.40
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    I suppose you have a working assumption that any replacements will be better. I doubt it.

  3. Written by jns
    on Monday, 19 March 2007 at 22.47
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    I doubt it, too, so my working assumption is that they couldn't possibly be worse (although the history of Republican presidents has shown that thought to be wrong before, too).

  4. Written by rightsaidfred
    on Thursday, 22 March 2007 at 07.54
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    That must be why so many Democrats win elections.

  5. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Sunday, 25 March 2007 at 15.39
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    Well, RSF, let's look at Democrats and Republicans who've won elections since WWI.

    Democrats: Wilson, Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton.

    Republicans: Coolidge, Harding, Hoover, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Bush.

    Considering who these presidents were and what their leadership was like, Democrats come out looking fully competitive and very good indeed. That's especially so when one considers the Harding administration was the most corrupt in U.S. history up to its time; that the Nixon administration vied for that dubious distinction and maybe surpassed it when Nixon himself resigned in disgrace, one step ahead of the real possibility of jail time; the scandals and secret, illegal wars and arms deals of the Reagan yers; and finally, the corrupt and incompetent administration of George W. Bush.

    It's also worth noting that the count is skewed by the fact Roosevelt should count for two presidencies, because he won an unprecendented and unequaled four terms.

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