Monday, February 13, 2006

All the President's Pundits

I've been trying to put my finger on what bothers me about the blindly loyal Bush supporters but haven't been able to articulate it. Now I guess I don't have to, since Glen Greenwald nails it. Read it all but here's a few choice quotes.
They are authoritarian cultists. Their allegiance is not to any principles of government but to strong authority through a single leader. [...]

And the core emotions driving the Bush extremists are not hard to see. It is a driving rage and hatred – for liberals, for Muslims, for anyone who opposes George Bush. The rage and desire to destroy is palpable. [...]

The rage-based reverence for The President as Commander-in-Chief -- and the creepy, blind faith vested in his goodness -- is not a movement I recognize as being political, conservative or even American.
"Rage based reverence" kind of says it all. These folks keep accusing the left of being hateful, but all the rage-based rhetoric seems to be coming from their side of the fence. When's the last time you saw a lefty express a desire to kill somebody or drop nukess on nations that just happen to have Muslim populations?
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