WTF Is It Now?!?

The Bush misadministration: hoping for fear
From Paul Krugman:

[M]any Americans now understand the extent to which Mr. Bush abused the trust the nation placed in him after 9/11. Americans no longer believe that he is someone who will keep them safe, as many did even in 2004; the pathetic response to Hurricane Katrina and the disaster in Iraq have seen to that.

All Mr. Bush and his party can do at this point is demonize their opposition. And my guess is that the public won't go for it, that Americans are fed up with leadership that has nothing to hope for but fear itself.

Unfortunately, as some wag put it, "you can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public."



Pre-election terrorizing
Playing politics with terrorism: an LA Times editorial calls shenanigans on Dick 'dick' Cheney and RNC headcheese Ken 'tightcheeks' Mehlman -

The republicans' nasty election-year politics are abhorent and unhelpful, "especially when the stakes in terms of national security and civil liberties are so high. You might even be tempted to call it a pre 9/11 mind-set."