Heil Dubya

Of Texan stock illustriously sprung,
lo, Dubya comes! whose power the oil field bounds,
whose fame, the skies.
He shall receive the name Poppy nobly bore, great George II, he.
Him to the skies, in 'Murkan codpiece dress,
thou shalt with smiles receive; and he, like us,
shall hear at his own shrines the suppliant vow...

Conservatism has gnawed at itself for so long that it has finally reached its dark inner core of fascist nationalism.

Crooks and Liars

Conservatism in some circles really has morphed into The Cult of George Bush, which is why any criticism of the Leader -- even when the criticism is based on conservative principles -- is deemed to be blasphemous to the Cause. This excerpt from Milbank’s column really tells you all you need to know about what "conservativsm" has come to mean in certain circles:

Barr answered in the affirmative. "Do we truly remain a society that believes that . . . every president must abide by the law of this country?" he posed. "I, as a conservative, say yes. I hope you as conservatives say yes."

But nobody said anything in the deathly quiet audience. Barr merited only polite applause when he finished, and one man, Richard Sorcinelli, booed him loudly. "I can't believe I'm in a conservative hall listening to him say [Bush] is off course trying to defend the United States," Sorcinelli fumed.

For them, even to be subjected to the idea that "Bush is off course" is traumatic and wrong. Such an opinion has no place at a "conservative" event, where only praise and reverence of the Commander-in-Chief is appropriate. One sees this time and again: "conservatism" these days very rarely has anything to do with actual conservative principles of government and has come to be distorted shorthand for "George Bush follower."

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