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stevehaddock |
05/08/04 |
I was watching CNN last week (not a common event for me as it turns out) and Wolf Blitzer was talking to a couple of California representatives (one D, one R) about the prisoner-of-war abuse scandal.
The Republican was very well spoken and very supportive of the administration, calling the abuse an aboration by a small minority of soldiers when the vast majority were hard working people. However, the Democrat and Blitzer pointed out that it could turn out that there had been more abuses that hadn't been disclosed yet. The Republican was steadfast it wasn't a problem.
A few days later, the other shoe dropped. The Red Cross went public saying the problems were endemic and had been going on for almost a year. Finally, Rumsfeld came out and said he knew about widespread abuse in January. Yesterday, he said the stuff we've seen is tame compared to some other video and pictures that he saw.
After my initial "shock and awe", my mind returned to the poor Republican representative who was so supportive of the administration and the military earlier this week. He was obviously earnest and didn't know about the scope of the abuse - no person who had would have dared been as supportive as he was. The message was clear - the White House didn't even let people in its own party know how bad the situation is. This one representative is probably not the only poor Republican who is going to be roasted over the coals by his or her constitutents over this issue.
So here's the question - the Republicans in Congress may be facing an uphill battle in November. Is the administration so unconcerned about the prospects of their own party that they will continue to keep their own people in the dark about events that will certainly go public? If so, we could be looking at the post-Watergate election of 1974 when the Republicans suffered big losses. |
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