More Gonzalesgate.

Richard Nixon is alive in the form of our dictator, who decided he was going to pull his own version of the legendary White House edited transcripts by claiming his demands that his aides not testify under oath and not be transcribed are compromises.

He, like Nixon, thinks he is a law unto himself. He can demand Congress do these things "or else." But since his chief puppet in this matter, Turd Blossom, is a graduate of the Nixon School of Political Strategy, it's no surprise.

Despite the tough talk at his press conference, it was clear our dictator was severely stressed and rattled over the whole thing. His role in the scandal is no doubt important, but it is Turd who is at the very core of it.

People call him a genius, but he's not. Sociopathy is not genius. The Republican Party for at least the past 45 years has been under the spell of the sociopaths of the radical right. And unfortunately, these bastards keep coming back like bad pennies. Look at DeLay, who should be in prison, going around peddling his new book and talking about how Gonzales ought to hang in there. And what about Newt, whose "revolution" helped accelerate the ultimate decline of the Republican Party and nearly destroyed our democracy with the legal harassment and bogus impeachment of a sitting president? Why is this guy given ANY forum, much less be seriously considered as a presidential contender (remembering as I do the Elizabeth Drew article many years ago that he was hoping Clinton would be impeached and removed, and then Gore would be out, thus paving the way for HIS ascendancy to the presidency).

It's utterly bizarre and outrageous. But it appears the end may be near. Gonzalesgate may not be the absolute worst scandal of this scandalous administration (I rank the two stolen elections and Katrina ahead of it), but this may be the one that throws it into total disrepute. The difference, of course, is the Republicans are no longer in the catbird seat. The Democrats are now demanding accountability. The Republicans who remain in Congress for the most part feel no longer constrained by crooks like Tom DeLay to toe the line. They are less chickenshit to do something, but probably because they have no choice. It's work with the Democrats or wind up like the Whigs.

Bush and Cheney probably will never be impeached; it's too close to the next presidential election, and besides, their continued presence is a boon for Democrats. Gonzales, if he stays, could be another matter, and he could wind up being impeached. The best thing that could happen to this country is if Turd is finally thrown in the slammer and thrown out of politics.

I can dream, can't I?