I think shrub is headed for Hooverlike ignominy.

[charlyvi]

The conservative agenda does not work well in times of crisis. When the Great Depression hit and the people looked to their government for a solution, the only solution Hoover advanced was private charity for the poor. It didn't work and the republican party was relegated to minority status in Congress for the next fifty years, more or less.

We are now faced with another time of great crises and a president who does not believe in government. His is contemptuous of anything it can do; therefore, he has spent very little time learning to govern effectively. His idea of good federal stewardship is leaving everything to the states and private industry.

The states could not handle Katrina alone; private industry exists to generate profit--at the expense of global warming, dirty air and water, fair wages and worker safety. There are many things the "market" is good at; feeding the hungry, protecting workers against unfair labor practices and protecting the environment are not things it does well.

So I think the American people are learning the lesson our parents learned years ago. Government is good at protecting our rights because it works for us. A government in the hands of private industry is a nonresponsive government--it leads to tragic consequences like the desperation felt during the Depression as well as the Katrina aftermath. It is the best vehicle, though not a perfect one, to protect the health and welfare of its citizens. Bush has ignored these facts, just as Hoover did. The people have learned what our parents and grandparents knew from long ago.

So I think Shrub is headed down Hoover street. The people have seen how his style of governing doesn't work, how it fails its citizens. Unfortunately, thousands of American citizens have paid the price of this civics lesson with their lives. There is a special place in Hell for George W. Bush.

[knowbody0]

1. hoover sucks

[charlyvi]

3. LOL! n/t

[daninthemoon]

2. History is going to be far less kind to * . "Evil" will precede his name.

[charlyvi]

4. Yep.

I hope that this idea of a small government, everyone for his/herself Social Darwinism dies with this administration. It didn't work in 19th century England and it won't work here.

[MidwestTransplant]

6. It's not even social darwinism. It's crony capitalism which is even

worse, in my opinion.

[Marr]

8. Imagine how Cheney will be viewed by history.

They'll be making movies about this group in 50 years.

People will look back on the Bush Administration as being the worst our system would allow. Completely corrupt, inept, and devoted to a self-serving ideology.

[CrispyQ]

5. You should modify this a bit & write a LTTE! --eom

[charlyvi]

7. Thanks. I think I will. n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Hoover's treatment will be considered kind in comparison

to what they will say about chimp in years to come. This pre-emptive war/ post 9/11 frenzy is going to go down as one of the biggest failures in the history of western civilization.

[charlyvi]

10. Agreed.

I think shrub has one upped Hoover; bush will be seen as incompetent AND malevolent.