We're in the middle of a major historical crisis, and have been for over 6 years. We may survive it, or we may not. But to declare at the outset that we won't is, well, unfounded.

Like I said, lazy.

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On the contrary. I think we are saying we can't address the situation we are in today via ordinary means like "defunding" the war. We need to be talking big. Impeachment. Planning a coup in the event Bush wants to nuke somebody. Declaring an unplanned pull-out of troops a humanitarian crisis....Congress and the public needs to recognize who is in charge and what is at stake. I haven't given up. But this Administration has awed me in both their arrogance and their capacity to screw up. And I don't for one minute think they wouldn't purposefully screw up if they thought they could spin it to blame dems for Iraq.

Ah Ingsoc...I hope to never be as skeptical as you. While I believe they have all sold out to special interests, to some degree, I don't believe, for a minute, Bush et al are typical sell outs. I believe they are incompetent zealot elitists that could lead us to catastrophe. And I can only hope that our military and the Congress has a plan to stop them.

The dems? I think they are tarnished and tainted but I think the public interests weigh in for them - perhaps not a much as they should. Bush has shaken them up. They are truly angered about what has happened to our international credibility and to the economically disadvantaged.

Too intellectual for me....I'm a neophyte...You Greenwald posters intimidate me...

And maybe I've been naive, but I've never felt my president was utterly at odds with my country's interests before. But I feel that now. They are either clueless or diabolical. And I still don't know which of the two they are....but I don't think the dems are diabolical. Or clueless.

What a slimy bunch of lying shits. Kudos Glenn...keep up the accountability drum...Somehow we need to publicly embarrass these clowns. This is how 59 million Americans could be so stupid.

I believe Fitzgerald didn't pursue it because he couldn't prove the parties knew for certain she was covert.

I think few would argue "life" in it's scientific sense, begins at fertilization. The first stirrings of life. But that life has no cognition, no personality, no brain, until much later in the process. It is has potential. That is all it has. And when we, as a society, can reach a point where we can guarantee living, breathing, feeling, existing children will receive the basics, receive what is needed to reach their potential...then we can deal with the issue of abortion.

Abortion is a difficult issue, but so is the alternative. And if it was THE issue, why didn't Jesus address it? I can tell you one thing: If I were faced with the decision of my existing children being hungry if I had another mouth to feed, I'd choose to feed my existing children.

The guy that cuts my hair is, believe it or not, gay. His partner, who was a successful executive, has a heart condition, so he had to retire, but assists him. They've been together longer than I've been married. They are, in every sense, as much, if not more, of a couple than my husband and I are. Ok. More. I would love to have the relationship they have with my husband. I learn things from them, about relationships. About unselfishly loving another human being.

They are a family, in every sense of the word. How can anyone condemn that? Discourage that? It's a wonderful thing to behold. An example.

Kindergartens have a very tough curriculum and many kids are simply not ready, biologically/psychologically. Putting a kid into a situation where he is overwhelmed and destined to fail is a huge mistake. My district evaluates kids and if they aren't ready, they put them in a publicly funded "Young Fives" program. While my daughter was ready for kindergarten at 4, I knew my son was not. I was extremely relieved he was recommended for young fives. My reaction was unusual, I was told. Most parents are angry or perceive the recommmendation as an insult to their kid. We need to recognize that age span, 4 to 5 is a critical transition for kids that has nothing to do with intellect. My son is a smart kid and is graduating from kindergarten a happy kid, proficient in every he needs as the base to move on. Young Five programs should be mandatory for all school districts and the stigma removed.

But the idea of mounting a primary challenge to George W. Bush in 2004 never crossed the mind of any prominent conservatives, at least not publicly.

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Gol dang. I really assumed this was unheard of when it wasn't done in 2004. I kept waiting for it to happen. When it didn't I thought it was illegal, maybe. If ever there was a time....ok I need to get over 2004.

Anyways Glenn, so glad you are getting quoted by the cons and even the marginally real journalists (Cough). Froomkin quoted you as well. You are a national treasure. A brain box of a man.

It was so amazingly preposterous....I think Cohen's lost his mind. I had to reread it, thinking I'd find a "just kidding" hidden in there somewhere. I felt compelled to keep checking the comments after the article. To make sure there was enough outrage. There was plenty.

But no outrage is articulate as yours Glenn. Thanks for yet another superb, irrefutable analysis. You are a national treasure.