As I Said, If You Don't Stand

On The Contrary, It Might Even Be A Projection Of What The Truth Is Of The Bush Administration's Complacency And Ineptitude On The Terrorism In Its First 9 Months In Office.

The Bush Administration, And Particularly Bush's Chief Political Strategist And Deputy Chief Of Staff, Karl Rove, Have Been Expert In Both Galvanizing And Mobilizing The Fears And Resentments Of People. A Good Part Of Their Politics Consists Of Being Against Others Who Are Defined In Stereotypical Terms. These Others Don't, In Actual Reality, Exist. The So-called Democratic Elitists, For Example, Are A Stereotype Who They Can Hate. Anyone Who Watches Fox News Or Listens To Rush Limbaugh Knows That This Hatred Of The Other Is At The Core Of Their Politics.

It's Absolutely Crucial For The Democrats To Have A Sense Of Their History, Of Who They Are, In Order To Be Able To Project Their Values And Stand Up For Them.

The George W. Bush Universe Of Threats Is A Constantly Expanding Universe As He Moves To Politically Higher Ground, Escaping From Failure After Failure. He's Not Only Radical, But The Consequences Of His Radicalism Have Been Catastrophic.

Who Was It In Afghanistan Who Screwed Up In Tora Bora And Let Bin Laden Escape? It Was The Bush Administration. Who Leached All The Resources, Military And Civil, From Afghanistan, Creating The Instability That We See There Today In Order To Prepare For The Misbegotten Invasion Of Iraq? It Was The Bush Administration. If There's A Terrorist Problem Today, Who Is Responsible Now? Bush Has Not Done The Job.