I, like millions of others, watched the eight years of GWB government, appalled by its errant policies, incompetence and greed, but, I confess, I entirely misunderstood the plot. This was not the gang that couldn't shoot straight; this was the most highly competent group of bank robbers since the Lavender Hill Mob.
They not only robbed the bank. They changed the bank so that even under new management, it would not detect future heists. Moreover, the bank would not have the ability to redesign its security, nor to undo changes that make future heists themselves a part of the bank's business itself.
The Bush Administration succeeded beyond its wildest dreams. While leaving the opposition in control, it created "favorable" economic and political circumstances that even its most clever architect, Karl Rove, could not have intended. continue at:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-jaffe/the-republican-heist_b_437451.html
