Pic by idle hands.
Gpuke Senator's Credibility Is On the Line
No, not that one.
Not that one either.
:: sigh :: Nope, not him.
No, the other one.
We've written about Pat "WH Puppet" Roberts before - like when the NY Times practically called him a gaping, enabling sphincter with Karl Rove-stank all over him. Now even his disgusted and embarrassed constituents say he's a craven misadministration lapdog.
Many Kansans, including members of The Eagle editorial board, have long admired Sen. Pat Roberts for his plainspokenness and reputation for fair brokering of issues. So it's troubling that Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is fast gaining the reputation in Washington DC as a reliable partisan apologist for the Bush administration on intelligence and security controversies.
From Abu Ghraib abuses to secret CIA detainee prisons to the Valerie Plame affair, critics say, Roberts has become a dependable shill for the White House, ever ready to shield Bush policy from criticism and ever willing to compromise Congress' legitimate oversight role.
What's bothering many is that Roberts seems prepared to write the Bush team a series of blank checks to conduct the war on terror, even to the point of ignoring policy mistakes and possible violations of law.
That's not oversight -- it's looking the other way.
From Abu Ghraib abuses to secret CIA detainee prisons to the Valerie Plame affair, critics say, Roberts has become a dependable shill for the White House, ever ready to shield Bush policy from criticism and ever willing to compromise Congress' legitimate oversight role.
What's bothering many is that Roberts seems prepared to write the Bush team a series of blank checks to conduct the war on terror, even to the point of ignoring policy mistakes and possible violations of law.
That's not oversight -- it's looking the other way.
... while spreading them wide open. Good jorb, numbnuts! Enjoy your legacy of being just another shameless, pathetic WH whore!
For 'Pattycake' Roberts.
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