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  • Slate's Fred Kaplan: Risk of Bush Collapse Is Soaring

    06/04/2004 12:52:04 PM PDT · by Bonaventure · 64 replies · 270+ views
    Slate ^ | June 3, 2004 | Fred Kaplan
    The walls haven't collapsed around George W. Bush, but the pillars are buckling, the floorboards are rattling, the inspectors are probing, and it doesn't look good. In the White House and the Pentagon, senior officials face the prospect of criminal charges. The vice president is accused of malfeasance, at best. A key erstwhile ally in the war on terrorism has apparently turned against us in an act of criminal perfidy. And now the nation's spymaster has turned in his cloak—it's not yet clear whether he jumped or got pushed; either way, Bush's risk-rating has just soared.