At some point, won't it be difficult for Bush followers and their media allies to keep depicting Bush critics as fringe, deranged freaks, given that a solid majority of Americans are now Bush critics? And, as a corollary, won't it be equally difficult to continue to suggest that anyone who opposes Bush's policies on the war in Iraq or terrorism is a subversive and a traitor, given that this category, too, clearly includes a majority of Americans?
As the 2006 elections approach, Congressional Republicans are going to engage in increasingly strenuous efforts to show independence from this unpopular President by stepping up the attacks and defying the White House more and more. It won't work. The "Republican" brand has been marketed for the last five years as an indivisible, Bush-based product, and the only result which will come from their attempts to extricate themselves from the President to whose apron strings they have been so tightly attached is to increase even further the appearance of confusion, disarray and desperation.
There will be a temptation on the part of Democrats to simply sit back and watch all of this fratricide take place. And that would not be an unreasonable strategy. There is an old courtroom adage which advises that one ought to not get in the way when the other side is self-destructing. When one's adversary in a courtroom is digging himself a deeper and deeper hole with the judge, the last thing you want to do is interfere.
But now is not the time for passivity. Democrats need to step up the aggression now more than ever and take advantage of this wobbly, weakened President. Now is exactly when the Democrats need not fear anything. Americans have abandoned Bush. They no longer trust anything about him - not his integrity, his veracity or his competence. Not even his ability to protect them. And he will not even have Congressional Republicans to protect him, as they will be looking for ways to distance themselves as much as possible.-From Glenn Greenwald's Unclaimed Territory blog.
This is but one example of Greenwald's rhetorical gift. The man sizes everything up with rigor and passion in equal measures. I've read things on his blog that strike me as being more right-leaning that I'd hoped, but to see such fire spew forth from a self-proclaimed "moderate" is a fine thing to behold, indeed.
http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2006/02/dying-presidency.htmlI suggest everyone check out his blog; I've been a daily reader for a couple weeks now. The dark-blue text on brown background thing is a bit wearing for the eyes, and honestly a poor design choice, but if you can get past that, you'll find much to chew on.
That is all.
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