The monstrosity before us

Yes, millions of Americans were moved by fear. Yes, many were moved by their apocalyptic religious beliefs. Yes, many were drawn to Bush's "down home" mannerisms. But the monstrous policy of the Bushites still stares us all in the face. I do believe that the eyes of the majority will yet open before the reality described last week by Mark Mofford in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

"It simply boggles the mind: we've already had four years of some of the most appalling and abusive foreign and domestic policy in American history, some of the most well-documented atrocities ever wrought on the American populace and it's all combined with the biggest and most violently botched and grossly mismanaged war since Vietnam, and much of the nation still insists in living in a giant vat of utter blind faith, still insists on believing the man in the White House couldn't possibly be treating them like a dog treats a fire hydrant."