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Make of It What You Will!

The long awaited, eagerly anticipated, epic event of our time has arrived.

Some of the endlessly gassed about Hillary Clinton papers will be unveiled at last before the eyes of an eager and expectant world, yielding up such secrets as they contain.

I have no idea whats there, and neither do most of us, but i predict two lines of easy blather:

– angry huffing that this is not enough [I’m looking at you, Judicial Watch]

– content free “analysis” seizing upon the odd fact to demonstrate ready-made theories [see above]

The Dallas Morning News reports that George Bush has found the Imagineers for his Presidential Library.

Dan Murphy and the PRD Group have been qquietly burrowing away since 2007, and they promise much.

Murphy says the Bush exhibits will cover the presidency [Make Way for the Unitary Executive!], and both America and the American Experience!

Who are these tour guides of History’s Path?

The PRDists have already served America, developing such stirring exhibits as the Smithsonian’s “First Ladies: Political Role and Public Image.”

Who’s Had Some Work Done?

We can look forward to hard-hitting analysis of little known chapters such as:

“From the exuberant Dolley Madison and troubled Mary Todd Lincoln, to the humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt and the intriguing wives of our recent presidents, the exhibition celebrates the remarkable individuals who have occupied this demanding post.”

The introduction peaks with a quote from the Everfeisty Betty Ford:

“I do not believe that being First Lady should prevent me from expressing my views . . . Being ladylike does not require silence.” — Betty Ford

….not mentioning that her saucy spark in this period was stoked by her copious use of prescription drugs.

Where will PRD’s Vision Quest take us? The Dallas Morning News offers clues.

“Work on the design of the Bush library and museum has only just begun, but the selection panel initially asked SMU and other applicants to consider many possible features for the complex, including:

•An IMAX or film theater

•Permanent exhibit space

•Traveling exhibit space

•Gift shop and cafe

•Video classrooms

•Performing arts space

•An apartment or residence facilities for George W. Bush and his wife, Laura”

One Man, Our Vote

Greg Grandlin offers a roundup of one interested party’s role in the last twelve presidential elections, and perhaps on his last one.

“Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate” clocks el Lider Maximo’s walk-ons and cameos over five decades.

Vote Early & Vote Often

So Much For That

“President Ford’s time in office was brief, but history will long remember the courage and common sense that helped restore trust in the workings of our democracy.”

– George W. Bush at the Ford Funeral

Remember The Time Of Healing? Part of the Ford Era magic was cleaning up various CIA scandals from the 50s, 60s and 70s, stories which emerged as the empire went aground in Vietnam.

Ford was eager to move on, as contemporary obscurists say, and part of his method of heading off Congressional inquiries into past assassinations and the like was creation of the august Intelligence Oversight Board, worthies above party to peek under the intelligence covers in a non-threatening manner.

And Smoke It!

The Bush Administration is putting a stop to that foolishness, issuing an executive order killing the Board’s power to refer matters to the Justice Department, and freeing Inspector Generals from the Board’s meddling.

The Republic Endures!

Fin Fakery

Is there a public occasion left in America not marred by reenactors?

In this case the faux Emancipator is launching the purple-ish new Lincoln $5 bill [Alternative currency slogan: Every day we’re looking more Brazilian!] at the Lincoln Library in Springfield Illinois.