It is not the war in Iraq, nor the campaign against terrorism that is the issue. Or the economy. Or the stewardship of the world's only empire. It's the infinitely petty question of a scarcely rational emotion: How do you feel about George Bush?
In my view, the ugliness in American politics is all on the left side of our political spectrum. Republicans quite properly felt disdain for Bill Clinton, but never exhibited the viciousness the left has used as a conscious tactic beginning with the Clarence Thomas hearings. Hate and resentment are great motivators in absence of solutions or ideas. Ultimately, the left doesn't want to solve problems; they want to be empowered by them. It's really that simple.
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