Just got done reading that Enquirer post.

Wow.

It made me realize how some people justify the death of democracy: they lie to themselves to the point of it being a mantra.

That Kool-Aid must be mighty tasty.

From the Enquirer piece: "In this skittish and cynical time foreseen long ago by Plato in Book II of "The Republic" as the "Feverish State,""

Odd. The feverish city in the Republic is the city that, because they want excessive luxuries, builds an army in order to conquer and plunder other countries. I'm not joking, that's what the Republic says, as those Platonists among you know.

The Rove article is such a waste. Either he has no new strategic ideas left, or he's refusing to reveal them on his Newsweek column. The column itself is an anti-Hillary ad. He claims, falsely, that Hillary will get out of Iraq sooner than any of the other Dem candidates--pushing the notion that she's ideologically left wing.

He counsels the GOP not to be afraid to say something controversial (read: "keep giving GOP primary voters the un-PC red meat they're yearning for!"), and to reach out to minority voters (sorry, Rove, as much as you'd like to get Hispanics, you know as well as I do that they're lost this next election).

Rove is right that Hillary's negatives are high, but the Republican party's negatives are high too. Bush's negatives were higher in 2004 that Hillary's are now. Republicans are polling badly, but not too badly, against Democratic opponents. But that's because American votrers are not paying attention yet. The Dem candidate will have way more money, more popular ideas, and won't have the burden of Bush to deal with. The GOP has this delusional idea that "victory in Iraq" is a winning campaign slogan.

The dude from the Enquirer has this to say about the President, "Bush exhibits an unassuming, plain-spoken style sometimes short on eloquence but long on wisdom - an unlikely heroic figure." and yet Rove doesn't even mention his ol' sock puppet by name due to the embarrassment he's become. What in the hell is wrong with the idiots that still idolize Bush?

The bonobo story is really quite intriguing although seeing everyone's idiot Dinesh D'Souza latch on to one biased report as the final word on the topics discussed wasn't too surprising. Coming from a man whose books have been described by usually conservative voices as " the worst nonfiction book about terrorism published by a major house since 9/11" and "He is a childish thinker and writer tackling subjects about which he knows little" and, "His book is a national disgrace."

I think the simple fact that D'Souza agrees with the study proves it's fraudulence.

What in the hell is wrong with the idiots that still idolize Bush?

If Bush were caught mugging for the camera in a snuff film, these pitiful sycophants would still write this stuff. But hey, you can find millions of Russians who will tell you that Joe Stalin was a great leader.