A distraction like this is just what the doctor ordered to take people\u2019s minds off the fact that the stim bill isn\u2019t working, that there is a growing call from Obama\u2019s left flank for a second stimulus measure, that his cap and trade bill is in big trouble in the senate, and that it is far from certain that his his health care plan will come out the way he wants – with a public option that will be paid for without taxing the middle class.<\/p>\n
Rallying his base to the cause of prosecuting Bush administration officials for torture will also take their minds off how he has betrayed them on a host of issues from gay rights to his agreement to indefinite detentions of terrorists.<\/p>\n
So might this unleashing of Holder on Bush era torture crimes be nothing more than a distraction from the woeful economy that is resisting the president\u2019s importunings to improve? Obama wouldn\u2019t be the first president to use the tactic and he wouldn\u2019t be the last if that is his game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The One wouldn’t be that <\/em>cynical – would He?<\/p>\nA good old fashioned investigation with strategic leaks and the spectacle of Bushies marching into the Justice Department to testify would serve as excellent bait for the media who no doubt would go overboard in their coverage of the hated Bush administration\u2019s torture policies.<\/p>\n
Bread and circuses worked for the Roman pro-consuls who used the spectacles to distract a populace constantly on the verge of starvation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
When you see it popping up on the “E” Network and Oprah, you’ll know you’re onto something.<\/p>\n
I would never bet against it.<\/p>\n
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