I think that at least some Republicans are coming to their senses about Dubya and his administration, hopefully not a moment too soon.
Its still frightening when around half of his base are apocalyptic evangelicals that literally think that hes sent by God to lead. This is no joke and its not hysteria. They are hell bent on making this a theocracy.
What I dont get is why they hate the Islamic fundamentalists so much, as theyve got much in common.
There are a smattering of current GOP office holders that are distancing themselves from Bush, but then you have usually sane right wingers like senator McCain (R Arizona) that are still Bush apologists.
The people stepping forward, writing books, and doing the talk show circuit warning about Bush, that are also Republicans, are pre-Reagan conservatives--and theyre smart enough to be terrified.
A big concept with the looney end of the right is the idea of a "permanent GOP majority" which is just a nice way of saying "theofascism".
That fictitious speech I linked to from Boston Legal with James Spader lamenting the state of the Union, really sums it up best:
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Boston-Legal-Sti.movAlan Shore: When the weapons of mass destruction thing turned out to be not true, I expected the American people to rise up. Ha! They didnt.
Then, when the Abu Ghraib torture thing surfaced and it was revealed that our government participated in rendition, a practice where we kidnap people and turn them over to regimes who specialize in torture, I was sure then the American people would be heard from. We stood mute.
Then came the news that we jailed thousands of so-called terrorists suspects, locked them up without the right to a trial or even the right to confront their accusers. Certainly, we would never stand for that. We did.
And now, its been discovered the executive branch has been conducting massive, illegal, domestic surveillance on its own citizens. You and me. And I at least consoled myself that finally, finally the American people will have had enough. Evidentially, we havent.
In fact, if the people of this country have spoken, the message is were okay with it all. Torture, warrantless search and seizure, illegal wiretappings, prison without a fair trial - or any trial, war on false pretenses. We, as a citizenry, are apparently not offended.
There are no demonstrations on college campuses. In fact, theres no clear indication that young people seem to notice.
