Mid-Term Elections Seen As Sign Bush Not a Fascist

[kpete]

Mid-Term Elections Seen As Sign Bush Not a Fascist
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A few weeks ago, President Bush's spokesman dismissed talk that his warrantless wiretaps were illegal as "inside Washingtonton babble."

But the White House announcement today that the 2006 mid-term elections would proceed as scheduled suggests that Bush was listening.


In the years since the invasion of Iraq, liberal critics have contended that Bush is contemptuous of the rule of law, basic democratic principles and the difference between reality and illusion.

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Bush, his advisors say, has by no means changed his opinion of those he derisively calls "those asshats." But the announcement that the 2006 elections would not be canceled, despite widespread predictions of hefty Republican losses in both the House and the Senate, is the latest sign that the charges of his being isolated in a bubble, surrounded by yes-men and scornful of the Constitution do not hold up under rigorous press scrutiny.

"This should pretty much put that 'fascist' charge to bed," said Pepperdine Law School Dean Kenneth Starr, a longtime White House observer.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-kaplan/midterm-elections-seen-a_b_18089.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032801806.html?referrer=email