Mr. Cesca starts out with a misleading indictment that George Allen precisely replicates George Bush all the time. George Allen roundly chastises that assertion:
It's no mystery that Senator George Allen (R-VA) is the White House's heir apparent for the presidency in 2008. Rush Limbaugh loves him, probably because Allen, who voted with the president 96 percent of the time, is a White House dittohead.Russert asked Allen about his "George Bush Republican" label. Allen, suddenly breaking out of his plastic shell, blasted back, "I'm a common sense Jeffersonian conservative ... I'm, I -- look, I support President Bush, I have in the past, I'm not running away from that. But I'm my own person with my own philosophy."
Mr. Cesca's argument dismisses his own assertion. See, George Allen voted against George Bush 4 percent of the time. That's four (4) count 'em one, two, three, four percent of the time! That's almost a 401K matching plan. That's 1/25th. That's the total power of four US Senators.
See, George Allen isn't a George Bush conservative, he's a "common sense Jeffersonian conservative", except for the four (4) percent of the time when he opposes Jefferson on such issues as separation of church and state or the need for congress to act as a check on presidential power. He truly is his own man.
Mr. Cesca is clearly off base, but there's more.
It seems there are crazed and unpatriotic Democrats who would actually oppose our great and magnificent Senator George Allen, by threatening to take Allen?s seat in the US Senate.
This year, Allen will most likely face a tough re-election campaign against Vietnam veteran Jim Webb, Reagan's former Secretary of the Navy and current Democrat. Webb earned two Purple Hearts, the Navy Cross, a Silver Star, and two Bronze Stars. In other words, Webb is clearly unpatriotic and hates the troops. Karl Rove never met a decorated war veteran he didn't Swift-Boat, and there's no chance in hell Allen is going to pass up Rove's help.Make no mistake; Allen is Rove's Fisher-Price Man.
Of course, Russert made no effort to mention Webb. But when the Rove-inspired ads are wheeled out this August, you can bet Russert will invite Webb on MTP to answer to charges that he's a flip-flopper (Webb was for Allen, before he was against him) and to defend his patriotism, while totally neglecting to mention that Allen never served and how Allen was for embryonic stem cell research before he was against it.
First of all, to claim that George Allen is a "dittohead", plastic playtoy of the Karl Rove media industrial complex or somehow beholden to our embattled President Bush in some way is just patently false. Wasn't Mr. Cesca paying attention? George Allen is his own "Jeffersonian Conservative" man.
Moreover, why should Russert mention James Webb? Just because we're embroiled in an endless war doesn't mean our Senators should actually have military experience. George Allen is blissfully free of any and all military experience and good for him! I still can't wait to ask Mr. Allen how may interceptions he threw the year James Webb earned his Navy Cross.
See, manly pursuits like football (Allen) and cheerleading (Bush) are much more in line with the needs of the American people; which brings me to my final point to refute the sniveling Mr. Cesca: Loyalty.
Bob Cesca wouldn't know loyalty if it hit him in the face with a stick. In this passage, he accuses George Allen of being beholden to Energy Interests, NBC News, Tim Russert and the Bush Administration among many others.
Meanwhile, Allen, who is his own person, mentioned the virtues of Clean Coal in a brief statement about energy independence.ALLEN: We need development of oil and natural gas in this country, more biofuels, the use of advanced nuclear and clean-coal technology...
Perfect tie-in to one of Russert's advertisers this morning: LearnAboutCoal.org.Let's try a round of what I like to call "Six Degrees of Meet the Press."
George Allen mentioned Clean Coal on Meet the Press today. Meet the Press sold advertising time to LearnAboutCoal.org, a Clean Coal proponent. The "non-profit" and "non-partisan" Learn About Coal organization's website domain name is registered to CEED, the Center for Energy and Economic Development. CEED's vice chairman is Michael Ward. Michael Ward is the chairman and CEO of the CSX Corporation. Guess who used to be the chairman and CEO of CSX? Treasury Secretary John Snow. Who was the chairman of CSX/Sea-Land under Snow? David Sanborn. In January of this year, David Sanborn was nominated by President Bush as the next Administrator of the Maritime Administration (Dept. of Transportation). Who does Sanborn work for right at this very minute? Dubai Ports World, which acquired CSX's ports for $1.15 billion in 2004. And finally, who introduced David Sanborn's nomination in the Senate? Senator George Allen.
So that was more like 10 degrees. 10 shameful degrees forming a Mobius Loop of financial and political incest.
Of course George Allen supports the David Sanborn, Dubai Ports World, CSX, Treasury Secretary Snow, CEED, LearnAboutCoal.org, Meet the Press, and Tim Russert. They've been supporting him, why shouldn't he return the favor. Sheesh! Cesca just doesn't understand how things get done in a Rubberstamp Congress.
All of this just points out why now, more than ever, we don?t need elections, discussion, dissent, disagreement, checks and balances, or lobby reform in Washington. No. What we really need is to just step out of the way and let a fine, fine American leader like George W. Bush finish out his term in the successful and uniting style he's shown to date, and just let George Allen assume the throne, ahem... Presidency in January 2009.
The world is watching and it's time for idiots like Bob Cesca to make way for 8 more years of Bush-like greatness.
Next Week: A Modest Proposal: Abolish the Senate - It's too expensive and ain't doin' much anyway.
