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Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:00 AM

Scarborough's fair

The Republican TV host reveals why he launched his "Is Bush an 'idiot'?" segment and why conservatives are afraid to question the president.

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:55 PM

    "Average Joe" says Iraq was "worth trying"?

    You mean, like a casserole recipe? Another chickenhawk willing to expend other people's blood to test a ludicrous political hypothesis.

    Scarborough is no better than any of the other conservative ranters, and shame on Salon for seeing his "Is Bush an idiot?" routine for anything other than what it is: pandering to a base of increasingly frustrated conservatives. Not frustrated that Bush is stupid, or criminal, or shameless, or incompetent, mind you--just frustrated that he's become so unpopular.

    That's the only real "principle" conservatives have: Rape the environment, steal from the middle class and poor to give to the rich, get on your back and whore your head off for corporations and special interests, use other people's kids as cannon fodder, but for God's sake keep your image and your approval numbers up. Bush hasn't done that, and they've turned on him. And now they're trying to look smart by dissing him. Too late for that, guys. He's your albatross--you fed him, propped him up, and fobbed him off on the country--and you're stuck with him.

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