Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion

Justifying the White House’s demand that White House officials, including Karl Rove, only testify for Congress without swearing an oath to tell the truth, and behind closed doors, Press Secretary Tony Snow said that “behavior changes when cameras are off.”

Oh, yes, behavior changes when the cameras are off. When the cameras are off, and the doors are closed, and the public can’t see what’s going on, and no one is under oath to tell the truth, then people in the Bush Administration lie, and they break the law, and they make plans to ruin people for political gain.

Then, when they come out of those private meetings, behind closed doors, with no oath to tell the truth, and the cameras off, they tell us that it’s none of our business to know what they’re doing. They tell us to buzz off.

Democrats in Congress, please don’t lose your backbone on this, as you so often do. Demand open, public hearings, with Bush Administration officials testifying under oath, in front of cameras.

We all deserve to know the truth, and if White House officials won’t tell the public the truth voluntarily, then they must be legally compelled to do so, under punishment of going to prison.

Hell, subpoena Bush! We have already waited to long for the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.