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2008 Evil GOP Bastards of the Year
Since the New Deal, Republicans have been on the wrong side of every issue of concern to ordinary Americans; Social Security, the war in Vietnam, equal rights, civil liberties, church- state separation, consumer issues, public education, reproductive freedom, national health care, labor issues, gun policy, campaign-finance reform, the environment
and tax fairness. No political party could remain so consistently wrong by accident.
The only rational conclusion is that, despite their cynical "family values" propaganda, the Republican Party is a criminal conspiracy to betray the interests of the American people
in favor of plutocratic and corporate interests, and absolutist religious groups. 


Why? Because they're evil GOP bastards!
Exposing the ugly truth
about the Republican Party's diabolical plot to replace constitutional democracy with an oligarchic
fascist theocracy...

It's the only rational explanation!
Why does the Republican Party zealously pursue policies so obviously counter to the best interests of ordinary Americans? 

It can only be
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Need more proof that today's Republicans are evil bastards?

Who Is 'Any Person' in Tribunal Law? It Could Be You.

It Can't Happen Here? The Case for Ballot Tampering in the 2004 Elections


The Madness of George W. Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis


It's official: Gore won Florida in 2000


The Florida Republican Recount Riot: A Consortium report on how paid
GOP operatives circumvented the democratic process through mob violence


Timeline of Bush administration's Iraq war lies


Caught on Film: Bush rhetoric versus reality

The October Surprise: 
The Reagan campaign committed treason against the US to ensure the defeat of Jimmy Carter in 1980, and got away with it


Whitewashed: Reagan's neocon genocide in Latin America

How heretical cult leader / convicted felon Sun Myung Moon achieved such influence over the Republican Party (and shameless televangelist lackeys like Jerry Falwell)

Bill Moyers on media consolidation and the decline of American journalism


Theocracy Watch: American Taliban endangers freedom from religion

List of influential right-wIng think tanks & foundations

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Jack Hughes Essays 
Compare these analyses to the pap you were fed from the corporate media.

State of the Union: Disaster 
(Feb. 2006)

Iraq: Staying the Course with Lies, Arrogance and Stupidity  (Dec. 2005)

Bush, DeLay & the GOP Sociopathocracy (Oct. 2005)

Fighting for the American way of life: Can freedom survive when democracy fails?

(Sep. 2005)

Bush, the GOP, Good, Evil and the Culture of Perpetual Scandal  (Jan. 2005)

Election 2004: The death of American democracy; or, are Americans too dumb to vote?  (Nov. 2004)

Forget 'Liberal Bias' -- for the Busheoisie It's 'Reality Bias.'   (Oct. 2004)

Mythology versus Reality: Re-Fighting the Vietnam War  (Sep. 2004)

The Fantasy-Camp Presidency of George W. Bush 
(July 2004)

The Secret Transcript of the Secret Meeting of Cheney's Secret Energy Task Force 
(May 2004)

Is Karl Rove Suffering from Spin Fatigue?
  (April 2004)

Grouse Media and the GOP Propaganda Machine  (Feb. 2004)

George W. Bush: When Hatred is Justified  (Dec. 2003)

The Banner Flap & Bush's Pattern of Deception
  (Nov. 2003)

Iraq: Not Going According to Plan  (Sep. 2003)

An Open Letter to the DNC  (June 2003)

Republicanoids, and Why They're Such Evil Bastards  (May 2003)

Bush & Iraq: A War in Search of a Justification  (April 2003)

Trent Lott and the GOP's Dirty Little Secret  (Jan. 2003)

Bush Wags the Dog  (Nov. 2002)

The "Under God" Pledge of Allegiance Flap
  (July 2002)
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A Farewell Letter
to George W. Bush

by Jack Hughes
There's one last chance for redemption for George W. Bush

Dear George,

By now you've seen the unbridled jubilation of not just the American people but of the entire world to see the end of your presidency.  I'm sure it must be a cause of some sadness and wistfulness for you to see Barack Obama universally acclaimed as a symbol of hope and American renewal while your approval ratings plunge lower than Richard Nixon's.

As the Bush administration comes to a close and the Obama era is set to begin, surely you've reflected on as to how you've come to this moment in history -- forever branded as "the worst president ever." 

It didn't have to be that way. You knew you were operating at a disadvantage: you just weren't that smart. But while others not blessed with intellectual keenness could overcome that handicap by acknowledging their own weaknesses with humility by seeking the counsel of those wiser than themselves -- you were cocky (that smirk was always a dead giveaway).

You could schmooze and joke and glad-hand the rubes with natural ease. And you were always quick with the nicknames. People liked you. Running for, and later serving as, governor of Texas was fun. There was always Bob Bullock there to do the heavy lifting if anything important needed to be done. Why would being president of the United States be any different?  It would be a chance to show your mom and dad that you weren't just a fuck-up -- and you could, for once, outshine your brother Jeb in their eyes.

Well, you learned on September 11, 2001, just how different it could be. But instead of taking the job seriously, the job became even more about you. God had obviously selected you to save the world and punish the "evil-doers." That is, when you could be bothered to read an intelligence briefing or be distracted from your daily exercise routine.

Since you were lazy and not that smart, you were easily convinced by the "smart guys" and the "legal experts" that constitutional and legal constraints really didn't apply to a "war president." You were a "unitary executive." It wasn't hard for them to convince you that you could ignore laws against torture, the Geneva Conventions, prohibitions against spying on US citizens and even throwing Americans into dungeons without any sort of judicial review.

As your original autobiography's ghostwriter, Mickey Herskowitz, revealed, you were intent on fighting a war before you were even elected to ensure yourself a "successful" presidency. You considered the 9/11 attacks an opportunity, not a tragedy. Our continuing waste of blood and treasure in Iraq stems directly from your personal ambitions -- not national security. You wanted glory but got disaster.

Meanwhile, just as you were asleep at the switch despite all the warnings of the impending terrorist attack that struck on 9/11, you also looked the other way -- or were actually complicit -- as your Republican cronies were busy looting the economy and the US Treasury of trillions
of dollars like some Third World kleptocracy. Our grandchildren will be paying the bill for your economic malfeasance.

All of your incompetence, the illegalities of your actions, your contempt for the Constitution you swore to protect and defend and your utter disregard for the general welfare of the People has led you to this point in history; justifiably reviled worldwide -- not least by your own countrymen on whom you have inflicted so much damage.

As you watch the excitement and joy at the inauguration of the Obama administration, surely it must cause even you to reflect upon what might have been had you been a better, wiser man more concerned with the well-being of your country rather than personal aggrandizement.

No doubt the papers are already drafted and awaiting your signature to issue blanket pardons to all persons -- includ- bing yourself -- even peripherally associated with your presidency. Does it strike you as odd that such blanket pardons are necessary -- that such levels of illegality and criminality have tainted your administration?

Perhaps it's not too late for some form of redemption. Consider this: You were not such a bad person. The advice you received led you astray -- starting with Dick Cheney's self-selection as vice-president. The "smart guys" like Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, Addington, Yoo, etc., are the ones responsible for the sham-
eful disgrace that your presiden-
cy became. Why should they be pardoned?

Just pardon yourself and let those guys face the music. Why should you protect them? They ruined you and stained your place in history.

And there's still hope for you, George. After your retirement from public life, there's still a vital public service that you can offer your country that can lead to your redemption and perhaps salve your guilty conscience (assuming you're capable of having one). You can write a book confessing how you fooled the rubes into voting against their own interests; how you stole the 2004 election; how you hijacked the US government and made it into a virtual dictatorship; and how the corporate news media rolled over for you -- at least  when it mattered. These are critically important lessons that Americans must learn so that these things can never happen again.

The rubes, your "base," must hear it from you, otherwise they'll believe the truth is just "liberal bias."

Confession is said to be good for the soul. Your public confession would also be good for the soul of our nation. And not insignifi-
cantly, it's your last final chance to truly serve the country you've often professed to love.
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