Did Bush and Rove Throw the Election?

I had already speculated that this might have been done to take heat off the government from 9/11 activists-- sort of a bait-and-switch trick.

This article suggests Bush and Rove threw the election in order to take the heat off the GOP for the Iraq war. That is, whatever happens in Iraq can now be equally blamed on the Democrats.

It's an interesting idea, and like any "conspiracy theory", makes some sense and fits some of the evidence.

Another idea is that Bush was NOT benefiting completely from complete GOP control of Congress. He could get his programs through, but his personal approval was taking a beating because he got blamed for everything that went wrong.

In a sense, as I suggested before, you could imagine Rove thinking that the GOP giving up control of Congress would be a GOOD THING for both Bush and the ability of the GOP to win the president in 2008.

"The powers that be" would also want to promote the Democrats in order to maintain an illusion that US democracy was not rigged. And we KNOW the media is in the tank with "the powers that be".

The problem of course is that all this assumes the Democrats wouldn't investigate or prosecute the Bushies.

We already have had Howard Dean saying the Democrats would NOT impeach Bush (presumably he "meant" right away), so it will be VERY interesting to see how much damage the Democrats actually try to inflict on the Bushies.

While of course there is reason to impeach Bush and Cheney many times over, I'll be very surprised if it happens.

If Bush and Cheney are impeached, so much for the conspiracy theory!

If at most only lower Bush men are investigated and prosecuted, the conspiracy is alive and well!