On The Contrary, It Might Even Be

The Bush Administration, And Particularly Bush's Chief Political Strategist And Deputy Chief Of Staff, Karl Rove, Have Been Expert In Both Galvanizing And Mobilizing The Fears And Resentments Of People. A Good Part Of Their Politics Consists Of Being Against Others Who Are Defined In Stereotypical Terms. These Others Don't, In Actual Reality, Exist. The So-called Democratic Elitists, For Example, Are A Stereotype Who They Can Hate. Anyone Who Watches Fox News Or Listens To Rush Limbaugh Knows That This Hatred Of The Other Is At The Core Of Their Politics.

As I Said, If You Don't Stand Up For Yourself, People Aren't Going To Think That You Can Stand Up For Them.

Bill Clinton Was In The Line Of Great Progressive Presidents Who Faced The Realities In His Own Time And Applied Innovative Solutions To Problems.

Who Was It In Afghanistan Who Screwed Up In Tora Bora And Let Bin Laden Escape? It Was The Bush Administration. Who Leached All The Resources, Military And Civil, From Afghanistan, Creating The Instability That We See There Today In Order To Prepare For The Misbegotten Invasion Of Iraq? It Was The Bush Administration. If There's A Terrorist Problem Today, Who Is Responsible Now? Bush Has Not Done The Job.

Clinton Was Very Early On Aware Of The Problem Of International Terrorism.