Wednesday, February 23, 2005

The Rise of Rove's Republic

The Rise of Rove's Republic
by Stirling Newberry
Tue Feb 22nd, 2005 at 08:12:40 PST
Most people in the outside world do not explicitly believe we are passing through a period of constitutional crisis. That an impeachment was run over a blow job didn't clue them in. That a president was installed by judicial fiat did not clue them in. That a war was launched which is, and was, essentially a giant looting expedition on the Treasury has not clued them in.
So what is going on? What is the thread that unifies Iraq and Social Security, the election crisis of 2000?
The process of American Constitutional change, and according to that process, the greatest dangers lie ahead, not behind us. ...