[50mm]

Politics is about making trades, and the Bushes have been too willing to trade the judiciary for things that THEY believe are important.

Like minds.

It is a rare silver-spoon patrician who can understand the point of view of the average Joe six-pack. That's why even with a Republican-controlled congress, spending by the Feds continued to skyrocket and not a serious thought was given to dumping the AMT tax trap set to gobble up the entire middle class in a few years. There are very few Joe six-packs in congress.

[AndyJackson]

You have been called intellectually dishonest (not me) morally bankrupt(me) enabler of authoritarian miscreants (me), and a sociopathic mind (not me) wedded to power constructs (not me), inter alia [which is Latin for among other things, meaning that others have passed other despicable judgments on the morality or tenability of your positions]. If you were a man you would leap across the room, grab the keyboard and hurl unrestrained invective and obscenities at the lot of us. Go ahead. We deserve it.