I wish the pollsters would ask if people are afraid of Bush.

[mwb970]

Fear of Tyranny Sweeping America
by Sherwood Ross

(snip)

This fear is spurred by a growing mistrust of, and anger towards, government. A majority of Americans, polls now tell us, think President Bush knew Iraq had no WMD when he made the war. In short, they regard the man as deceitful. And when people do not trust their leaders, they fear them and what they fear they also hate.

Columnist Molly Ivins long ago wrote in The Progressive magazine why she felt justified in hating President Bush. That feeling is spreading. Automobile bumper strips declare "Enough Bushit." People commonly refer to Bush in conversation as "King George." One Website dubs him, "The Smirking Chimp."

(snip)

My recollection is fear of President Bush today is infinitely greater than fear of Senator Joe McCarthy back in the Fifties. McCarthy whipped anti-Communist sentiment to paranoid heights but he was only a Senator. He couldn't start a war on his own or reach out and have people arrested under any Patriot Act.

Now there is a president wielding virtual dictatorial powers who has deceitfully invaded Iraq, where reportedly 650,000 civilians have been killed, has threatened the use of nuclear weapons, operates secret prisons around the world, and implies his critics are unpatriotic. What's his next step?

(snip)

More at
http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/1774

[bdamomma]

1. what's his next step, what is our next step?????

we have to challenge him. He has gotten away with enough shit.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. I would be afraid to answer truthfully

The pollster already has my phone number; it is safe to assume she has my address and, through my SSN, the name, address and telephone number of my current employer. How can I know she isn't actually a member of the KGB... excuse me, DHS?

[LonelyLRLiberal]

3. He scares me so much that I try not to dwell on the damage he can do.

Not to mention what he has already done. Yikes!

:scared:

[vicman]

4. I cannot shake this horrible feeling of dread...

that these criminals are not going to leave after 2008.