O. J. for President in 2008

In the wake of the recent “hunting accident,” in which Vice President Dick Cheney shot a fellow member of his hunting party, one can no longer discount the overwhelming evidence that sits in front of our eyes. The privileged class enjoys not only a favorable glance from law enforcement circles, but also is allowed to get away with not just stealing and lying, but now it looks like murder, or at least damn close.

Already, the PhD’s of spin doctoring have Vice President Cheney everywhere on media outlets looking chagrinned and remorseful, stating, “That was the worst day of my life,” and “I take full responsibility for shooting my close friend.” That’s all well and good, but were the same shooting accident to take place on a street corner in Black America, and the two players in the scenario African-American, nobody reading this would express the least bit of surprise were the “accidental shooter” to get 20 to life.

Still, we should not be surprised by the legal invulnerability of the “W” presidential cabinet. Michael Brown, the head of FEMA lied on his resume with zeal enough to provoke literary agents of fiction to pant after the rights to his next whopper of a tale. New Orleans was twenty feet under water, but FEMA did not offer help for three days, while men, women, and children of color drowned and suffered abandonment from their government and assault from a desperate mob in front of national news cameras. The White House’s original story was they didn’t know the nature of the problem, but in recent days it comes to light, not only did they know, but they were aware that New Orleans would suffer extensive flooding from Hurricane Katrina before Katrina hit the “Big (No-Longer-So) Easy.” Apparently, the White House needed to get all its ducks in a row first. Thus, it comes as mere rust on the edge of the razor held to the neck of the poor New Orleans’ citizenry that Haliburton, within weeks of the chaos, signed a contract with the Federal Government in excess of 400 million dollars to rebuild the flooded areas. Yes, that Haliburton. The one with Cheney and Bush, Sr. as longtime board members.

Let’s not forget that President Bush sent thousands of our sons and daughters to stand in harms way in Iraq, while the wild goose chase for weapons of mass destruction first floundered and then fizzled into the fabrication it was all along. Young men and women in the American Armed Forces lose limbs, suffer mental and physical calamity, and die on a daily basis, while an entire region of the world learns to despise the United States’ bullying tactics. Oddly enough, Haliburton “wins” the contract to rebuild Iraq even before our government has finished tearing it down. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

Unfortunately, the fun for the Bush White House simply cannot last. With the two term limits, “W” might actually have to find employment without the boon of a sterling legacy. The rest of the Republican Party squints and runs for cover as the spotlight shines on many with names connected to a seemingly endless list of scandal. Who can they run too? The answer seems obvious. Name one man who can, like Bush and Cheney, commit mayhem and get away with it? O. J.

He’s rested. He’s likes to golf. He’s got nothing else to do. And as President, O. J. will have the power of the presidency behind his efforts to find his ex-wife’s killer. The Office of President will obviously have to take a break from feeding the likes of Haliburton as it has done during the Bush-Cheney regime, but at least it will have a more noble course to follow for the next four years