Bush haters are Real and Ugly----Real Ugly

Not sure what your point is, Perception? You seem to be saying that obsessed hatred is ugly - which most people might agree with. You point out that a lot of such hatred is currently aimed at Bush - with the degree of exaggeration perceived, I guess, being in line with one's personal attitude to Bush - and that there was/is also a lot of such nonsense aimed at Clinton. The only point of difference I can see is that you believe the press was more condemning of the anti-Clinton lunatic fringe, and that more mainstream outlets, such as Vanity Fair, are inclined to feature the anti-Bush stuff, which I suppose would be moot.

This last might be explained by the fact that the current administration has prosecuted a controversial war.

But surely no-one actually likes Bush?

Are sitting presidents immune from criticism? Should people not feel outraged at the things this man and his administration have done to the economy, the national security,and civil rights?
On the plus side,at least you attributed the source of your article, and it isn't from:
A Nazi newspaper
Faux
An unattributable "email."
Your own imagination.

Any adjective being thrown at Bush is richly deserved. He is he most distructive force that this nation has ever faced.

Bush is not a nazi, but he is head of an American administration which seems to display that same arrogance and contempt for the rest of the world as did the nazis.

Re: Bush haters are Real and Ugly----Real Ugly
A column such as this really can't be understood without the aid of a good English-Conservative bilingual dictionary. In that regard, I would like to offer a translation of key parts of York's article.



Translation: "If you think that, what the hell are you doing reading the National Review?"



Translation: "I did a Google search for the terms 'bush nazi hitler' and I culled out all the sites that I couldn't readily identify as 'left-wing,' then I chose only the most irresponsible and inflammatory articles so that I could convince my readers that all liberals are fanatics."



Translation: "Ooooh, my readers are just gonna' love this one. I'll just omit to mention that this site has about as much credibility as www.clintonisapederast.com."



Translation: "There, I just proved with meaningless statistics and anecdotal evidence that these are not 'fringe' elements of the left."



Translation: "I accuse you, Vanity Fair, of running a letter to the editor! You commie pinko bastards!"



Translation: "Hmmmm, interesting. I smell a vast left-wing conspiracy afoot. Quickly, to the air-raid shelters!"



Translation: "I gotta' find something that is the equivalent of the right-wing hysteria over Vince Foster and the 'Arkansas Mafia.' C'mon Google, do you stuff -- Bingo!"



Translation. "Hey, a guy can get at least something right."



Translation: "Yes, publications such as the National Review took this kind of nonsense seriously. Does that reflect on the seriousness of the charges or the credulity of the magazine?"



Translation: "Well, maybe not the press to which the National Review's readers subscribed, but I'm sure some media outlets actually condemned them. I just can't be bothered with tracking them down."



Translation: "Somehow, some way, the Clintons must be responsible for all of this. And after I finish this column, I'm going to find out how the Clintons are responsible for that asteroid that might be headed directly for the Earth."



Translation: "The more outrageous the lie, the more people will actually believe what I'm saying."



Translation: "Let me throw out a sop to the muddle-headed liberals to make them think that I might be trying to be fair here."



Translation: "Brilliant! I was able to connect the vast left-wing conspiracy with the pervasive liberal bias in the media. I'm a genius!"



Translation: "Because if you don't, it's unlikely that anyone else will."



Translation: "Which will give us the moral authority to continue our wildly irresponsible attacks on the Clintons. God how I miss them so!"

Joe

That was one of the funniest, most clever, most intelligent posts I've ever read in any forum.

I thank you for it.

In fact, I thank you for it again.

Joe

And I thank you----that was brilliant------Howard Dean should immediately hire you as his director of "spin"

I don't hate Bush, but I'm starting to appreciate the position of those who do.

Nice work, Joe. That Vanity Fair thing was too funny.

Bush is, as has already been pointed out, the single most destructive force in American history. I don't have to hate him to realize this. I just want him and his buddies out of there.

chicagojoe, I also add my thank you.

Joe, indeed, that is a great translation!

The troubling trend has been to identify one's loyalty with a particular individual (Bush) rather than with a nation. When one's loyalty is to an individual, one runs the risk of assisting in totalitarianism. Consider the government of Egypt, where uttering the simple phrase "I dislike the president" can land one in jail. Presidents are replaced every four-eight years, by design, in order to avoid the establishment of too much power in the hands of one person. Now consider some of the things that have dropped from the lips of Bush and his minions:
"You are either with us or you are a terrorist."
"I accept responsibilty...I accept responsibility for war and peace. Me...it is my responsibility." (Strange, I had always thought that congress had the power to declare war.)
"People who say there aren't any WMD were wrong, we found 'em, we found chemical weapons." (To the Polish press regarding the soooo not WMD trailers)
"God told me to attack Afghanistan, so I did. He told me to take out Saddam, so I did. Now he has told me to make peace in the Midle East, and you'd better get on board, or be left behind." (to Ha'aretz)
"Do I listen to public opinion? Listen, If I payed attention to public opinion I would never get anything done. I'm the president, I decide what is right and what is wrong for the free world." (On 60 Minutes)
"People who criticize this administration should be careful what they say, or they may find themselves in a difficult position sometime down the road." (Ari Fleischer)
"Criticizing the President is giving aid and comfort to our enemes." (John Ashcroft)
"Americans enjoy too many freedoms at the moment, most of which are not healthy for them."(John Ashcroft again)
" The prisoners at Guantanamo bay will get whatever rights we feel they deserve, if any." (Donald Rumsfeld, when asked about allegations of Geneva Convention violations at Gitmo.)

In addition, the efforts of this administration to avoid releasing information about the VP's energy policy meetings, the obstruction of the 11th September investigation, the censoring of the prelimnary report on 11th September, the efforts to repeal affirmative action (in the form of a friend of the court brief fiiled last year) are all typical of the actions taken by regimes that wish to enact totalitarian revolutions. As I have said before, I would not be surprised if a "crisis" doesn't occur in November 2004 and elections are cancelled indefinitely.

hobit, Maybe that's what is needed to wake up the American People from their slumber.

Presidential elections have never been cancelled during peace or war. and they will not be cancelled in 04. Hobitbob I think you are getting carried away.

I hope so. I also lived through the Coup in Pakistan in 1977, so I know a bit of what I speak.

How can you possibly equate Pakistan with the US.

I don't "equate" Pakistan with the US, I simply don't see things like martial law as the impossibilities that many other Americans do. Just as the major shock I felt over 11th September was not "why us, how dare "they," " but "hmmm..well, its finally happened...wonder what took so long?"

Joe's profile says he's an enthusiast in training. I think he's already been well trained in creative writing. And to top it off, it's all right on the money.