"The 'P' Word"

I actually heard a network news anchor use this term this evening. (I miss Walter Cronkite.)

At first, I thought of the word 'president.' I came of age, politically, during Watergate and so I imagined the guilty verdict in the Libby trial leading eventually to the White House. But I am too naive. It was the other 'p' word, also from the 70s.

Pardon me? Isn't there any accountability anymore? Will anyone in power be held responsible for his or her actions? Not Libby? Not Rove? Not Cheney? Not Bush?

Reagan was called the Teflon president, but this White House has him beat. No repercussions. No consequences.

And, no, I don't think we'll find a newspaper brave enough to trace the charges back to the president.