Take a good look where trusting Bush has got us

By Paul Krugman
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW YORK
Thursday, May 13, 2004,Page 9

Didn't you know, in your gut, that something like Abu Ghraib would eventually come to light?

When the world first learned about the abuse of prisoners, President George W. Bush said that it "does not reflect the nature of the American people." He's right, of course: a great majority of Americans are decent and good. But so are a great majority of people everywhere. If America's record is better than that of most countries -- and it is -- it's because of our system: our tradition of openness, and checks and balances.

Yet Bush, despite all his talk of good and evil, doesn't believe in that system. From the day his administration took office, its slogan has been "just trust us." No administration since former president Richard Nixon has been so insistent that it has the right to operate without oversight or accountability, and no administration since Nixon has shown itself to be so little deserving of that trust. Out of a misplaced sense of patriotism, Congress has deferred to the administration's demands. Sooner or later, a moral catastrophe was inevitable.

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I believe the GW Bush administration is the most immoral, corrupt, and incompetent administration in American history. No rational person would trust these criminals to run a candy store, let alone the most powerful nation on Earth. The war profiteers, religious fundamentalists, corporate media, and the brainwashed followers will leave us a battered Nation. It is our difficult task to rebuild America, and DESTROY the corporate plutocracy.

Follow through. Not so good. Most attempts to implement it have been fought tooth and nail.

from Nixon you might be cheated or outfoxed. If you test drove one from Junior it might blow up or otherwise kill you and your heirs will have to pay for damaging the car.

But since he is so charming and innocuously witless you WILL fall for the sell. Nixon will get the sale by other means and work hard for it.