Reply #4: Her nomination proved to me that he didn't give a shit

[Warpy]

about the job any more, but I don't think that's when the wheels came off. That it started to wake up a few pundits is another thing, entirely.

The wheels started to come off when sensible people uttered a loud, "Hey, wait just a minute here!" during the interference with the whole Schiavo fiasco. The wheels gave up any pretense of being attached to the clown car during the Katrina aftermath. IMO, that was the true tipping point.

Once people had seen just how thoroughly the whole thing had been bungled, that an entire city had been lost, probably forever, they realized what an empire-obsessed bunch were running this country and how little the American people counted in their plans. That was it. They haven't seen a single thing since then but more bungling, corruption, and utter unsuitability for the job.

Since then, we've seen industry watchdogs appointed by industry and fundies appointed to regulatory agencies appointed by fundies with an apparent hands off policy by this administration and not even the pretense of finding the best person for the job. They really don't give a shit what happens to this country. They're after bigger glory.