BUSH PLAYS THE "WITH US OR WITH THE TERRORISTS" CARD AGAIN-- ONLY AGAINST REPUBLICANS THIS TIME

Now some of Bush's fellow Republicans, 3 men and a woman who will likely have to vote whether or not he should be found guilty of the impeachment charges that are probably going to voted against him in 2007, are experiencing first hand exactly how unfit this creature is to hold office in America.

Rove had mapped out a typically divisive, cut-throat electoral strategy with which to slander Democrats, only to find 4 prominent Republicans vote against Bush's headlong drive towards turning America into the fascist bastion his family has long supported. Yesterday's New York Times and today's Washington Post both point out that the Bush Regime meant this terrorist-coddling bullshit as a hammer to clobber Democrats with "as he and his party's leadership set out to draw unflattering distinctions between Republicans and Democrats on fighting terrorism for the fall elections. Instead, Mr. Bush spent Friday in a second day of heavy debate, casting some of the most respected voices on military matters in his own party as hindering the fight against terrorism. As of late Friday there seemed to be no break in the impasse, even as White House officials worked behind the scenes to build new support in the Senate for the legislation the president wants."

So right now it's a battle that pits the unpopular, floundering, incompetent Bush (and the even more hated partisan hacks around him) against the very much respected Colin Powell plus three of the Republicans' most trusted voices on national security: John McCain, John Warner and Lindsey Graham (all of whom are supported by Susan Collins). McCain, trying as hard as he can to maintain a patina of respect for someone he obviously detests and recognizes as a serious threat to our nation, stated flatly "Weakening the Geneva protections is not only unnecessary, but would set an example to other countries, with less respect for basic human rights, that they could issue their own legislative reinterpretations."

Bush has continued flailing around against Powell and the Republican senators, desperately, and ineffectually, trying to turn this back into a propaganda weapon-- his only weapon-- against Democrats. Of course there is one other electoral strategy Republicans can adopt for the midterms-- and Scarborough lays it out succintly: "Blame Bush."