Saturday, October 29, 2005
(10:22 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
My Political Fantasy
My first basic presupposition here is that Bush is essentially a front man -- not necessarily an outright "puppet," but clearly not running the show in any important sense of the word. (This article apparently makes the argument that the supreme screw-up of the Meiers nomination proves that, but I've only read the excerpt from wood s lot.) My second basic presupposition is that Bush still deserves to suffer in some way.With those fundamental commitments in mind, then, this would be my fantasy outcome for the Fitzgerald investigation. Over the course of the next two years, Fitzgerald's investigation implicates everyone of any importance in the administration, for very serious crimes that carry significant jail sentences, and basically everyone is convicted. However, precisely because Bush is such a dumbass, his hands are clean. None of the significant figures in Republican politics will touch Bush at this point, so he spends his remaining year or so as quite literally the smartest person in a high-level executive post. He would be the ultimate lame duck -- continuing to be president after all his advisors are gone would be the most appropriate punishment at that point. At his final State of the Union speech, bipartisan scornful laughter erupts, more than once. Then Laura divorces him, after revealing that the twins are actually the result of a dalliance with the "extremely virile" Bill Clinton.
