Harry Potter and the 2008 election?

I assume everyone on here has read at least one of the Harry Potter novels and is familiar with the concept so I won't go into any explanations of the characters or the plots. If you haven't read them you should since they are some of the most entertaining reads available.

I was watching the movie version of "The Order of the Phoenix" today and was suddenly struck by the parallels between their situation and the one we face now.

In the movie the people allow themselves to be convinced that a danger isn't real and ignoring it will cause it to go away.

But it doesn't.

Evil, or at least badness, has a hard time existing in the light of day. It won't withstand scrutiny.

That's why the assertions of executive privilege are so revealing.

I am an absolute believer in the separation of powers, which provides the rationale for a President to be able to claim the privilege. However, for this administration to be asserting the claim is disingenuous at best. BushCo have chosen to issue signing statements and expand the powers of the President and Vice-President to the point where they are laughing in the faces of the other branches, at least until they get the majority back in Congress and on the Supreme Court.

Congress is still trying to investigate the firing of the U.S. attorneys for political reasons yet they are resisted at every turn.

We weren't able to find out who shaped the energy policy of this country during the meetings with Cheney. Privileged.

We can't see the emails. Privileged.

And, yet again, the people in the know about crimes having been committed assert privilege.

I was already convinced that this administration was run by and for the privileged and this is just another confirmation.

If you're not blue blood enough, rich enough, or pure blooded enough, you don't count.

Wouldn't Voldemort be proud?