Politics: Onward from New Hampshire

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by The Larry Davis Experience
I wonder how hard Andy Card pushed on this.

Matt Yglesias:

• Anyone who believes that [i.e., that the White House isn't behind this] might be interested in purchasing a bridge I recently required. How do you think that conversation went?
  
  Card: Dennis, you've simply got to extend this deadline, the country needs a full accounting of the facts in order to understand how to make America safer.
  
  Hastert: Sorry, Andy, I appreciate what you're saying, but extending the deadling might cause political damage to the president and I just can't allow that.
  
  Card: Never mind the politics, damnit, this is about the security of the country. The president doesn't care about his re-election, his only thought is for the good of the country.
  
  Hastert: How noble of him, but still, I insist that we cut things short, otherwise John Kerry and his band of hippies might take over.
  
  Card: We're going to fight you on this with everything in our arsenal. This administration is absolutely dedicated to finding the truth!

As a personal aside, it infuriates me that the party who has wrapped itself in the flag so much since 9/11 cannot stomach waiting two more months for a full inquiry of the causes of that national tragedy.

It's not just personal. When they so transparently appropriate 9/11 for partisan benefit, they undermine the war on terrorism, jeopardizing all of us. We should all be coming together on this stuff, but they make it impossible.