The Eve of Destruction: Bush will stop at nothing until everybody and everything is ruined forever!

Village Voice ^ | January 18th, 2005 2:37 PM | Rick Perlstein

[e5man_r_u?]

"His mind is just another casualty of the evil Bush regime, I guess."

That second layer of tinfoil makes all the difference :-)

[cspackler]

Or blame, as the case may be.

Man, I hate when newbies call for Zots.

[dead]

Cool! I'm gonna be zotted! I always wondered what it would feel like.

Probably tingly.

[FeliciaCat]

Now this is a typical VV article: breathless, 6th grade level emotional twadle with no basis in fact or reality.

And the Democrats wonder why most of America turned on them? Unbelievable.

[TMSuchman]

Ok,then I'll stand down the Freeper Arty Bn.

[RebelBanker]

Is Rick Perlstein channeling Mark Morford? He sounds a little better educated but no less hysterical than Miss Morford usually does.

[cspackler]

Sory, misread your date. Shouldn't have called you a newbie.

[Toddsterpatriot]

When Americans have at a minimum almost a third of their retirement contribution in corporate investments—we now send 6.2 percent of our income to Social Security

Actually, we send 12.4% of our income to Social Security.

[King Prout]

That's just how the Bushies do things: They plan. Every action is calculated to set in motion a cascade of consequences, to change the world. Take "No Child Left Behind," the education "reform" so brilliantly named you can't be against it without betraying some perverse desire to, well, leave children behind. It is a stone hustle, meant to lay the groundwork to destroy the entire American public school system.

Um, Rickie, dearest? How many times have the gods of your foul idolatry shoved some pet monstrosity of legislation or fiat down our throats while chanting the mantra "It's for the children!"?
Sauce for the goose, Mr. Dumbass.

[massgopguy]

I can't believe that Perlstein got through that hysterical tirade without using the phrase "Jesus Freaks" at least once.

[PilloryHillary]

Poor Rickie...bless his little heart...

[Celtjew Libertarian]

I'm not sure he's all that inaccurate. Thing is, Bush is attempting a shift in how government works that is as large as FDR's changes. People who like how the old way worked are going to be in high dudgeon about it.

In a way, Bush is attempting to "destroy the entire American public school system." What goes unsaid is "and to replace it with something better," because Perlstein believes this system is the best -- or, at least, just needs more money and some tinkering.

Now, I don't think Bush is always going about this the right way. But Bush has recognized systemic failure in government and is attempting to fix them on a large-scale and, yes, radical level. Bush's success in getting change is notable in that more than a few Democrats, who I considered sensible are getting shrill -- E.J. Dionne in The Washington Post is the one I've noted the most.

The biggest irony is that the "conservatives" are advocating massive change and the "progressives" are clinging to the old ways. But we live in weird times.

[King Prout]

um, no.

"dead" is one of the good guys.

[Petronski]

I think a year is enough time to avoid the 'newbie' tag. But don't zot dead, he likes the tingly sensation too much. He'll never stop begging for more.

[OSHA]

PSSSSST Check the sign up date.

[Semper Paratus]

"Where have all the flowers gone?"

[killjoy]

[cwb]

Yeah...I'm trying to figure out just what he has against this statement:

"We have it within our grasp to move away from dependency on government."

Of course, I forgot that without dependency, the Democrats won't have a constituency.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Rick certainly has his panties in a bunch.

[dead]

Bush's success in getting change is notable in that more than a few Democrats, who I considered sensible are getting shrill -- E.J. Dionne in The Washington Post is the one I've noted the most.

Lawrence O’Donnell used to be a well-spoken and coherent liberal. I think he has rabies now.