If They Have Nothing To Hide…Call Congress’ Bluff

The White House is obviously up against a wall, and they have two options; fight back mercilessly or slide down the wall and make passionate love with the Democrats. For the sake of their hawkish, fascist base, they're going to do the former. They are defending themselves by saying that despite the fact THEY are being investigated for unethical practices, the investigation should be on their terms. Is that how we do things? When police suspect a person has broken the law, do the cops investigate on their suspects' terms? No. So why shouldn't Congress reject investigating on the President terms?

Congress is an equal branch of government for this very reason, so that the other branches do not abuse their power. What was done here by the Executive Branch, in firing federal prosecutors for political reasons, is a blatant abuse of power.

It is obvious the White House has something to hide here, because if they didn't, they wouldn't be fighting the Democrats so hard to have them do this the President's way. If the White House has nothing to hide, if they are certain that everything is on the up and up, then the President should trust that this will blow up in the Democrats' face. Send your staff to speak under oath and if nothing was done wrong, then the American people will see that the Democrats were blowing this whole thing out of proportion to try to drag the name of an unpopular President through the mud. It is no secret the majority of Americans would like to see Bush pushed around a little by Congress.

Popular opinion is not on the side of the President. Most believe the firing were politically motivated, probably because very few would be surprised to hear the Bush Administration would do something like that, and there's not exactly much trust in the Executive Branch either anymore, which makes what Tony Snow said even more laughable;

"Do they want the truth; of course they're going to get the truth."

Well, yes Tony they want the truth, but your boss and everyone who walks in the west wing of the White House hasn't exactly had the most positive relationship with the truth. Democrats in Congress cannot trust that the President will, in good will, send his staff to the Hill and tell them the honest truth. That's why people are forced to swear an oath; because if they do lie, they will be punished for it. You really expect the people of the United States to believe Karl Rove will not lie if given the chance? You really expect ANYONE who is under investigation to not lie, even when given to the chance to.

Stop playing the American people for fools Mr. President. You want to gain our trust back, prove to us that you should be trusted and not the Democrats, whom we've just elected, in Congress. Show us you are the honest one. Prove to us that the Democrats are just making a mountain out of a mole hill. If not, do not expect the people to be on your side and do not expect to win this battle with Congress.

You've lost the people…and the fact that John Conyers is the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee should be proof enough that you've lost the people.