The following is an editorial about recent politics in Washington involving the Petraeus resignation. In this editorial, I express my real opinion about the Republicans and if that is upsetting to you, you may wish to stop reading.
When I started this blog, I made the conscious decision that one thing I was going to do here was to express myself honestly about some of the politics and hypocrisy I have observed in my so-called life. This is the second such editorial in a series, the first is here.
One more time we have a situation where
the Republicans demonstrate amazing hypocrisy and a willingness to damage America in any way they can as part of their pursuit of power. In an attempt to damage a member of the the Obama Administration they have slandered and probably succeeded in destroying the career of a loyal and competent soldier.
The situation as I understand it is this. The FBI failed to notify Congress that they were investigating a senior administration official. Presumably the investigation itself was initiated by right wing Republicans looking to generate dirt to manipulate the Presidential election. The investigation failed to find any wrongdoing and the investigation was dropped. Some right wing FBI agents decided to disclose confidential personal information collected during the investigation to their allies in the Republican party in congress, who used this information to attack and slander a person who was innocent of all wrongdoing.
Having an affair is not a crime in this country. If it were, there would be a lot of criminals walking around. And Republicans of all people should be the last people to point fingers.
The situation as I understand it is this. The FBI failed to notify Congress that they were investigating a senior administration official. Presumably the investigation itself was initiated by right wing Republicans looking to generate dirt to manipulate the Presidential election. The investigation failed to find any wrongdoing and the investigation was dropped. Some right wing FBI agents decided to disclose confidential personal information collected during the investigation to their allies in the Republican party in congress, who used this information to attack and slander a person who was innocent of all wrongdoing.
Having an affair is not a crime in this country. If it were, there would be a lot of criminals walking around. And Republicans of all people should be the last people to point fingers.
This post has been rewritten to be a little less negative. Are we so powerless that we can not even control our own FBI ? Are we so stupid that Republicans can not see how evil their elected representatives are?
Maybe its just that the Republicans are desperate men. I dont know, I am not going to worry about it here on this Blog, I have better things to do with my time.
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