Today's Washington Post has an article on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's relationship with President Bush. It reveals mistake after mistake by Rice, such as when she assured Bush in May 2005 that Iraq was "going to be a great country." Or when she "made a decision that she would side with the president to build her intimacy with the president." Or when she predicted that Hamas and Hezbollah were "extremists" who "would not do very well" in their respective countries.Essentially, the Post article indicates that the Bush foreign policy team under Rice has failed at nearly everything it has touched:
"These are scary times we live in," a senior Rice aide said last year. "Nothing's working. We can blame Iran, we can blame North Korea, and we can blame Hezbollah. You can blame them all because they are all terrible people. But at some point you have to ask yourself, are you going about this right?"
"Nothing's working" is an excellent, accurate summation not just of foreign policy, but of Republican rule during the Bush years. From budget deficits to Hurricane Katrina to the "culture of corruption" to sneering contempt for our Constitution to crumbling infrastructure to "lots of children left behind" to shocking moral hypocrisy to infringement on our civil liberties in the name of "security" to Valerie Plame to our "oil addiction" to complete lack of progress on immigration to...well, you get the picture.
The bottom line is that "nothing's working" applies perfectly to Republican rule nationally. It also applies perfectly to Republican rule here in Virginia. From marriage amendments that accomplish nothing to abuser fees that are hated to delivering for big corporate donors on issue after issue to dividing Virginians and stirring up anger, Republicans have proven that they are utterly incapable of governing. Not that this should be a surprise from a party that despises the government, thinks raising revenues in a non-sneaky way is evil, and believes that we should move Virginia backwards not forwards.
The answer? Democrats aren't perfect, but at least with them we have a hope that something might work for a change. And at least they stand a chance of "going about this right." With Republicans, there's no chance at all. Please vote Democratic on November 6.
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The only common element in all your failed relationships is you.
They can blame anything and everything, but the only thing that's been a constant throughout has been the Dubya Administration. It's clear who the problem is.