It has become impossible to tell where the Republican mainstream stops and the fanatical fringe begins. We now have a mainstream on the right that supports torture, that is backing an Attorney General nominee who is agnostic on torture, and that rallies behind a president who refuses to define what the word “torture” means. A mainstream that supports — even applauds — the behavior of Blackwater thugs. A mainstream that continues to back the White Houses delusions about Iraq at the expense of our military, our treasure, our safety, and our standing in the world. A mainstream that supports the gutting of our civil liberties. So, it can no longer be denied: the right wing lunatics are running the Republican asylum.
October 23, 2007 5:27 AM
