NP - Political Spam

[David Morris]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003567882

In the upcoming issue of Time magazine, out Friday, columnist Joe
Klein considers what he calls the Bush administration's "epic
collapse." He concludes with a statement that may make some wonder if
he is hinting that the president ought to be impeached.

Klein claims, in referring to the president, that he has "tried to be
respectful of the man and the office" but now he recognizes that the
"defining sins" of his administration "are congenital: they're part of
his personality. They're not likely to change. And it is increasingly
difficult to imagine yet another two years of slow bleed with a leader
so clearly unfit to lead."

The Time columnist declares that the three major Bush problems of the
year "precisely illuminate the three qualities that make this
Administration one of the worst in American history: arrogance (the
surge), incompetence (Walter Reed) and cynicism (the U.S. Attorneys).

Klein considers Attorneygate, compared to the others, to be "a
relatively minor matter." Still, it is an area where Karl Rove "has
corrupted a policy area – like national security—that should be
off-limits to political operators."