The Isolation Of An Administration

There seems to be an increasing sense that the Iraq war is quickly becoming a problem that only the United States is willing to shoulder. Monday of this week, The British prime minister, Tony Blair announced that he will be pulling English troops out of the war torn nation. In two+ weeks, he could withdraw as many as 1,700 troops and 3000 by the end of the year. There are currently 7000 total stationed there.  The move is making things clear that the United States could be left alone in the whole affair. Even the White House’s number 2 supporters, Australia has also stated that they will pull their 400 troops out of the Middle East. Denmark is also taking their own actions in withdrawing Dutch troops. One must wonder at this point what the breaking is going to be that will cripple US efforts in Iraq to the point that even the White House can longer deny this project as a total failure.

When we talk about the Isolation of the Bush administration we are not only talking about the subject on an international scale but, also on the domestic front. To date, Bush’s approval numbers still dragging in the 30s and Dick Cheney’s numbers are only in the twenties according to polling point dot come. While Rice’s numbers do rank higher than her co-workers, she is slipping in the polls herself. The point is that those American’s that once embraced this vile bunch now are starting to jump of their sinking ship. Much of that can be attributed to the limits of Karl Roves scare campaigns that have worked so well since 2001. In fact, the big scare that most Americans are dealing with is being underemployed. That’s not unemployed which is recorded in official record releases; underemployment is not recorded mostly due to political reasons. The department of records only measures one if they are employed or unemployed but, does not care to measure if one makes enough to survive. So if you are working in Wal-Mart making a slaves wage and paying a portion of your own health insurance, you are of no interest of any governmental office of records. But while the GOP has ignored this fact, a growing number of American’s have not and we can see the results of that in last Novembers elections. When you take into account the outsourcing of jobs, not only on the blue collar level but, also in the White collar sector, you can see that perhaps for the second time during the past 6 to 7 years, locals are more concerned about paying their morgue and sending their kids to college than they are about terrorists and gays in the military.

Unfortunately for the White house, they can’t shake these pressures put on them by the majority of their own voting base. In an article that can be found in the Nation magazine, reporter records remarks made by several mid-Western industry workers. In the piece, the unidentified workers said that they are fed up by Washington’s policies and would not think twice about voting for a Democrat that would bring business back to their towns and cities. Then you have the far right wing religious sect who is also withdrawing their support for the Bush administration because they believe that Washington has decided to take the interests of the corporate sector over that of the church.    

And finally, no matter the outcome of the Louis Libby trial, we were able to the dirtying of the White House laundry in public. Libby’s defense team put the outing of Valerie Plame on his former boss Dick Cheney and Louis Libby was just a scapegoat. And while the administration likes to keep those that they are forced to remove from office close to the vest for fear of retaliation, even Libby has become too toxic and will shorly take the fall for the second time in four administrations. The way that Cheney has allowed Scooter to hang in the breeze will undoubtedly bring a backlash. While Louis while probably get 15 to 20 years with five served, he will have plenty of time to do a little writing and expect the major dirt to be spilled before the end of this year. This may force the Democrats to put impeachment back on the table and may even gain support from Republican’s in the congress. Remember how fast things happened with Nixon, let’s hope that happens again.  

Until Next Time…

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