First US Woman President...No, Not Geena Davis

As we await the joyous news of the indictments of Rove, Scooter and the rest of the culture of corruption cabal, we need to look ahead to what this may mean to helping this country get back on the path of progress, prosperity and honesty. Assuming Rove and Libby are indicted for crimes committed in the White House in their official capacity as the closest aides to the president and vice-president, the obvious question arises as to what is the culpability of Bush and Cheney and how will their crimes be investigated. This is especially true if the indictments are for perjury, as the question of suborning of perjury by Bush and Cheney becomes a real question as I pointed out in this blog last July. How will this next step of the investigation of Republican crimes be handled? In a classic case of being hoisted with your own petard, the Republican controlled Congress allowed the special prosecutor statute to expire. Without a special prosecutor option, it appears to me that the only real option to determine if the president and vice-president have committed crimes is for the House to vote articles of impeachment. The House investigators can then examine the evidence and present it to Congress. Of course, this Congress would never dare take such a step, but after the Democratic landslide of 2006, we will have a House given a mandate by the people to clean up our government and to reverse the harm caused by the corruption and incompetence of the leaders of the Republican party. Once the articles of impeachment are voted, how will the trial in the Senate turn out? Well, given the ridiculously low standards set by the Republicans (here comes that petard again!) in their misguided attack on Bill Clinton, I'd say Bush will be getting an even longer vacation than he's used to and Cheney may want to start turning his undisclosed location into a retirement home. If lying about adultery qualifies as a high crime and misdemeanor, then surely suborning perjury, and lying to Congress and the American people to justify a personal war that costs thousands of lives will also make the cut. With Bush and Cheney out, the new Speaker of the House installed after the election, Nancy Pelosi, will be sworn in as President.
I know, I know, this speculation is an unlikely tale, and maybe I've been watching too many episodes of Commander in Chief. But you have to admit that this scenario is not as unlikely as an independent being chosen to run for vice-president. In fact, the most unlikely part of the show is that President Bridges is portrayed as an obvious Republican, but also as a man of impeccable character and high intelligence.