To Tell the Truth

Once again, we are embroiled in a firestorm that has entangled many in the country. In case you haven’t heard, it was revealed this week that Bush’s Brain, otherwise known as Karl Rove, identified a CIA operative to a reporter supposedly in retaliation for her husband’s outspokenness against the president.

From the very onset of the investigation, Rove said he never heard of the woman and didn’t have anything to do with this woman’s name being leaked. Come to find out that this isn’t the case at all and now Rove is hiding for cover under and the white house is backtracking faster than a redneck at a gay pride parade.

While I won’t get into Rove is guilty or not – and he is…the lying fat f#ck – what’s interesting is to see these same people on the far right step up to vehemently defend Rove.

Let’s take a trip back through the time machine shall we? It’s the mid 90’s and it’s been learned that the president has received a blow job in the oval office.

Oh my God!!!! The horror! Our national defense is weakened!!! People are going to die for this!!!

Actually, no. None of this happened, but it sent a firestorm throughout conservatives across the country. So much so that the President was impeached for such a pathetic reason.

Why do I bring this up? Because throughout the week I’ve heard Republican after Republican stand up and defend Rove’s actions, actions, mind you, that may be illegal and are certainly reprehensible from a top White House aide. These same people that are now defending Rove and are saying this is nothing but a partisan witch hunt are the exact same people who dragged out the Lewinski affair to a point of no return.

There’s nothing funnier and sadder than political hypocrisy. We see it all the time in Washington from both sides of the aisle.

One can’t help but wonder if there will ever come a time when this country’s leaders can once again find time to trust and work with one another. I think it can happen, but certainly not under this administration given their history of denial, deceit and cover-up.