"We wanted people who would represent the Administration positively, and--call us nutty--it seemed like those who wanted to kick this Administration out of town last November would have some difficulty doing that," says White House spokesman Trent Duffy in this (far too brief) Time piece on the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission, a group of representatives gathered from the telecom industry to discuss things like standards and regulations and how it'll impact you, the consumer. That's right - if your company donated to a Democratic presidential campaign, you're not going to be able to have a say at one of your industry's major meetings because the Bush White House views your vote as being the same as gettin' a posse together and having them all lined up outside of the Rose Garden with pitchforks and torches, screaming for his head.
I know that this might seem minor to a lot of people but this, combined with the Frist and pals playing around with "the Nuclear Option" to fundamentally change how our government works1 and the fact they tried to get Yosemite Sam pushed through as our ambassador to the UN in just these last couple of weeks makes me think that this administration and the current state of the Republican Party is all an elaborate hoax to make Nixon look a lot better in this history books.
1Not to mention, you know, Terry Schiavo being used as a political football.
I know that this might seem minor to a lot of people but this, combined with the Frist and pals playing around with "the Nuclear Option" to fundamentally change how our government works1 and the fact they tried to get Yosemite Sam pushed through as our ambassador to the UN in just these last couple of weeks makes me think that this administration and the current state of the Republican Party is all an elaborate hoax to make Nixon look a lot better in this history books.
1Not to mention, you know, Terry Schiavo being used as a political football.
