Beware the Ides of October:

The October Surprise is an honored if somewhat disreputable tradition in American politics in which some negative information comes to light just weeks before the election in November. The affected candidate does not have time to properly investigate and/or rebut the information, and is severely affected at the polls. The current gang of criminals occupying our government has shown themselves to be very adept at the use of political dirty tricks having stolen one election and lied their way to victory in the next. The ’06 midterms and the Libby verdict have raised the (faint) specter of accountability. Deep in the recesses of their primitive reptilian brains, a red light (incandescent) blinks: “Danger, Danger. Accountability Warning.” the alarm shrieks. Heaving their pustulent mounds of putrescent blubber up from the wounded body of a once-proud nation (guess which one), they prepare to meet the threat.

I’m still not sure how the American people cannot see what’s happening: these people (Bush, Cheney, Rove, Gonzo, et. al.) seem to work off of a predictable script, just changing the details to fit the situation. Compare the run-up to the war in Iraq with the current drum-beating in the direction of Iran; does anyone doubt where they are going with this? When threatened in elections before now, they have simply put out a story, which is repeated loudly and ad nauseam by the right-wing media, and usually sets the tone of coverage by the MSM. This tactic has usually proved to create an insurmountable barrier of negativity for the opposing candidate. The tactic failed in 2006. Enough people were angry, and wanted change to make it through Rove’s rhetorical shitstorm. It is clear that the Administration cares not for real democracy, for ordinary citizens, for real economic progress, for anything except power and money. They will not go quietly. If lies and propaganda don’t work, then expect them to try something different to achieve the same goal: the slow bleeding of our economy to enrich themselves and their cronies, all the while controlling the population through fear (perhaps they’ll “thwart” an anus-bomber and we’ll all have to undergo body cavity searches if we absolutely must fly...that’ll show us who’s in charge...and we’ll thank the bastards for “keeping us safe”. Aargh.).

Institutionalized rape however, is not the surprise; that is merely a taste (mmm nutty) of what awaits us after the unveiling of our shiny new police state. Several years ago, when I did not understand the true extent of the Administration’s depravity, I still expected a surprise: the capture and/or killing of Osama bin Laden. If they’ve managed to invade Iran by then, providing a new and improved enemy for us to fear, then disposing of the old enemy might yet be useful: an electoral boost plus ensuring that he never talks. For a long time I have been dismissive of the 9/11 conspiracy theories, and while I don’t buy it being a complete inside job, it would not shock me to find out that certain highly-placed, pale, bloated, bespectacled members of the government with severe anger management problems who may or may not be part of the executive branch knew about it and allowed it to happen. If this is the case, then the surprise could be much, much worse (a nuclear anus-bomber).

There’s not much time, but there is a way out: Impeachment. Now. Or better yet: Yesterday. Open, public, maximally transparent hearings (and hopefully trials) of all the kingpins of this criminal gang, if done soon, could preempt whatever hellish surprise they have planned for us and start the country back on the path to recovery.

I hope I’m wrong about the October Surprise, but even so, there is ample cause for impeachment. I don’t believe that any administration in US history has so richly deserved it (and besides, I think they’d all look lovely in orange jumpsuits).