[TSchmereL]

Most observers expect large numbers of Republicans and conservative-leaning independents to stay home in November out of dissatisfaction, of one kind or another, with the Bush administration or the (formerly) Republican Congress. If this happens, it will clear the way to total control of the federal government by the Democrats. Anyone who believes that this is somehow a matter of little concern should contemplate the difference between an administration that entrusts our foreign policy to men like John Bolton, and an administration that relies on advisers like Samantha Power and Robert Malley.

[Michael.SF.]

The fact that nonentities like Madeline Albright can slide through the Senate without opposition...

Can be blamed squarely on the Republicans lack of intestinal fortitude.

[givemELL]

Well, 40 cheers for John Bolton, upping the ante welcome...he is a winning hand.

[oldbrowser]

“By psychopolitics our chief goals are effectively carried forward. To produce a maximum of chaos in the culture of the enemy is our first most important step. Our fruits are grown in chaos, distrust, economic depression and scientific turmoil. ... With it you can erase our enemies as insects... Use the courts, use the judges, use the Constitution of the country, use its medical societies and its laws to further our ends. ... And bring to Earth, through Communism, the greatest peace Man has ever known.” - Lavrenti Beria, Lenin University, in a 1933 address to a group of American/Marxist Psychology Students.