shallow throat -- inside the bush admin ---

[drummer55]

Shallow Throat": Reports from
the Slimy Bush World

By Bernard Weiner
Co-Editor, "The Crisis Papers."
February 22, 2005

"Shallow Throat" had not contacted me since months before the November 2004 election. I figured that the high-level GOP mole, who formerly had worked at the White House before moving to another agency, was bummed out and needed time to reflect.

So receiving ST's coded calls was a good sign. We met in an obscure diner in Rockville, Md. I could tell Shallow Throat was in bad shape, since my conservative informant looked pale and depressed and was back to wearing a wig and wraparound shades.

"I can't describe to you, Bernie, what the atmosphere is like inside the Administration," said a nervous-sounding ST. "Publicly, they are taking their electoral 'victory' as confirmation that they don't have to give an inch, to anyone. It's full speed ahead domestically and abroad. But privately, they are well aware of how tenuous the situation could become for them in some areas, which is why they are coming out of the chute with such full-bore speed and determination. (Observe how they are trying to keep anyone from getting to the truth of that electoral 'victory,' especially in Ohio.)

More at

http://www.crisispapers.org/essays-w/st-bushworld.htm

[mandyky]

1. Oh Joy! I love his Shallowthroat pieces!

more later

[whistle]

2. Hasn't Tort Reform just be passed and signed into law by...

...Bush?

<snip>

"Tort reform will be a bit harder, since the public understands Social Security and the dangerous and prohibitively expensive fiddling the Bush Administration wants to do with it. But tort 'reform' -- trying to shield greedy corporations and malpracticing doctors from being awarded big bucks by juries for their crimes -- is much more complex, and so there isn't that Democrat cohesion on the issue, as was the case on the bill restricting the filing of successful class-action suits.

"Tort 'reform' could be made into a major populist campaign against the Bush Administration if the Democrat leadership can frame the debate properly -- ordinary people need these lawsuits and awards to keep the powerful honest -- and maintain party discipline behind them.

<end of snip>

How do democrats do anything about this issue now?

<snip>

"That future (Iran war)scenario can be laid out by the Dems, and they'll find a good many Republicans of similar mind. Bush is spending $300 billion of our tax dollars (that's Billion, with a capital B!) for nation-building in Iraq & Afghanistan -- starving our treasury and social programs of much-needed funds -- and the result may well be an Islamist government more friendly to Iran than to America. Good organizing points for a possible political alliance."

<end of snip>

Kerry did this already and nobody took the message, besides Bush signed the authorization to invade Iran in June and it will be carried out!

<snip>

"Follow the money. On environmental issues, the greedy polluters have been given permission to pillage and plunder our natural resources, national parks, our air and water. In Iraq and Afghanistan, at least $9 billion (Billion!) has simply disappeared -- no doubt into corrupt corporate pockets -- with nobody in the Administration seeming to care in the slightest. Somebody stole that money; make them, and those crooks in charge, accountable. Those are our taxes, damn it!"

<end of snip>

Double set of books and like Al Capone, Bush is clean unless we get the bookkeepers to squeal which ain't going to happen!

<snip>

"But face it. There aren't going to be very many victories at first. These guys are in control and they're going to run their juggernaut over anything and anybody that gets in the way -- a hallmark of their take-the-money-and-power-and-run brand of old-fashioned machine politics. But in their brazen arrogance and greed and thirst for power, they are making, and will continue to make, big mistakes, to leave traceable tracks, to overreach one too many times. At that point, they're ripe for the plucking. Go get 'em."

<end of snip>

Shallow Throat just gave away his idenity, he is actually Karl Rove disquised as Colon Powell. With advise like this, we should rename he Poison Pill!

[Al-CIAda]

5. re: "tort reform"-

"Tort 'reform' could be made into a major populist campaign against the Bush Administration if the Democrat leadership can frame the debate properly -- ordinary people need these lawsuits and awards to keep the powerful honest -- and maintain party discipline behind them. "



...and this went through without a peep. This speaks to the bankruptcy of or leadership. The have been sold out and our leadership has failed us.

[whistle]

8. That I agree with you on, but I don't think the democratic party...

...leadership has what it takes to do that. This calls for a new party of the people. I thought Howard Dean was heading in that direction, but now we'll have to wait for another leader to come forward, hopefully before it is too late.

[crikkett]

3. I never thought an actual conservative would say 'bushies'

and there are parenthetical phrases inside ST's quotes, but then some people actually speak that way. Nice read, though. Good luck to us all as we seek to bring the truth about the Bush Administration to light.
:tinfoilhat:

[newyawker99]

7. Hi crikkett!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[fooj]

4. I couldn't agree more! ST is right! The 9 BILLION missing is our tax $!

The American people need to get a grip and start DEMANDING some accountability! Seriously, if any one of use was missing 9 million, let alone 9 BILLION, we'd be screaming our frickin' heads off! The message I kept hearing loud and clear from the interview was...WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE? I realize that going up against these thugs isn't going to be an easy task. However, the alternative for not fighting back with everything we've got is too terrifying to even consider. Peace!

[sendero]

6. While that was a fun read..

... I don't think for a second it was written by anyone on the 'inside'.

Good read though, and sounds like pretty good advice.