वहत दिदं't थे प्रेसिडेंट क्नो, ऎंड व्हें दीद हे स्टॉप क्नोविंग आईटी?

Republican Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee asked the now famous question "what did the president know and when did he know it" during the Watergate hearings of the 1970's. Now we have a new president, also accused of spying on Americans and of putting politics before personal liberty and the good of this country, poised to be investigated. This time it is waterboard, not Watergate. This time it is missing video recordings, not missing tapes. This time it is accusations of selling out a CIA operative for political gain, not commiting an act of burgurlary for political gain. The simmilarities are astonding. President Bush claims to be a history buff, but has failed to learn the leasons of his own party's history. If you comit a crime, destroy the paper trail. And let us be thankful, once again, for shear luck and stupidity, for those may be the only things keeping the wheels of justice in motion. The questions beg to be asked. "Mr. Bush, did you know of these torture tapes? Mr. Bush, did you know of the plan to sell out Valerie Plame? Mr. Bush, if not, why, didn't you know of these events?"Thankfully, Washington has finally began seeing the light. An investigation has begun. again. the bells of reconcilliation against an unpopular demagouge are ringing. And to paraphraise Ernest Hemmingway:ask not for whom these bells toll, mr. bush. They toll for you.I return you to my original question: "what didn't the president know and when did he stop knowing it?" It has been said before, and it shall be said again. Mr. Bush's only defense at this point is to claim stupidity. He is either a) purposely attacking what makes this nation great or b) to stupid to know that someone, somewhere in his administration is manipulating him.My final question to you, Dear Reader, is a simple one:Which reality, A or B, is the more frightening?I have posted links here for those who wish to find more about the investigations:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22474868/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/washington/03intel.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin