What now as of November 8-9&10 is alot of make nice--be bi-partisan--smile-smile-smile!!! Then come Monday November 13 get down to the business of putting these murderous--thieving--Bastards who have stolen our Children,s and probably even our Grandchildren,s future in prison where they belong!!! Tommie27

Why are no pundits talking about the screaming need to help the city of New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast? It was largely due to the incompetence of the Bush administration that the rescue, recovery, and now rebuilding have been and are still being completely and masterfully botched. Can our blue brothers and sisters do anything to help? Or even pay some lip service to the idea? Contrary to the deafening silence of the national and international media, the problems down there are not going away. And they need federal help, in terms of funding and simply in making help a national priority.

If that doesn't happen, if other (understandably pressing) issues fully distract the nation, shame on all of y'all.

Can Paglia be THAT repulsive to people, or is some other dynamic at work?

Maybe it's that she started off as such an energetic intellectual iconoclast people now expect her to shit magic at every opportunity.

But the point of this article was supposed to be about What To Do Now

My answer to everyone, and I am shocked not everyo American understands this too, is thusly--

1. Bring back Habeas Corpus- Herr Bush can now arrest ANY American he deems an 'enemy', strip them of citizenship, jail indefinitely or kill them, without the person even knowing what they are being arrested for, without legal representation, and with no trial... EVER. Aaaand anyone who knows this has happened to someone is not allowed by law to report this person's disappearance.

2. Restore our other civil rights as Americans- The PatROT Act is a sham and most people know it. It was intended to help the police in prosecuting any and all criminal activity, not just terrorism. It is fear inducing at its worst and POISON to America.

3. Remove all the secrecy surrounding everything being done in Washington. At one time, the US Government was supposed to be overseen by the citizens. This cannot happen if everything is kept secret. Why would ANY PATRIOTIC American accept the slow degeneration of our government at the hands of so called civil employees that only want to shutter the windows and 'have at it' in the hen house unmolested?

4. 9/11- So many questions. But why did Bush et al hinder attempts at independent investigation? The Bush family is in the center of a huge net of social and business ties to the Bin Laden family, the Saudi Royal family, Pakistani Intelligence, The Mossad, on and on. Examples-- Cheney was having breakfast with various bin Ladens the morning of 9/11. There were a record 13 US Military war games going on on 9/11, including one simulating a crash of a plane into a skyscraper. Whoever performed 9/11 knew the secret communications code (that changes every day) to Air Force One. This is why Bush flew around that day like a chicken with his head cut off, he had been given an ultimatum by a group within the US government to cleave to their agenda or be destroyed.

5-8. Energy Task Force, Afghan war (not finding bin Laden), Bush/Blair/Cheney/Rummy connections to war profiteer Carlyle Group, PNAC platform and highjacking of US agenda by greed thieves starting illegal wars of opportunity.

IF there was EVER a legitimate reason to bring up a president on charges of TREASON, this is it.

My personal view, while on the surface the Dems have some legit differences of opinion with the Republicans on some issues, the Dems are no different deep down than the Republicans.

The Dems covet the new powers Bush grabbed and consolidated. The Dems are bought and paid for in their own way like the Republicans are- by corporations, by the Israel lobby, by the international bankers.

Thus, I suspect you will not see much action on the vital points I bring up above.

Thus, this nation is doomed.

I'd say screw her, except I seriously doubt anyone would. What a shrew.

"Tim Walz is a beefy high school teacher and coach who doesn't quite fit the mold of the pale pursed-lipped Minnesota liberal. "

After reading much Broadsheet, it's refreshing to see the appearance of a male figure discussed as much as the females get discussed. Thanks for describing the characters for us.

david kuo writes that americans hate bush now, as they hated clinton.

this is a lie. another boldfaced Repub. lie.

they never hated clinton. his polls were up in the 70% region, even during the worst Starr days.

Bush polls show him down to 30-40%.

so what is kuo talking about?

they just can't get over the fact that clinton beat them in 2 elections and was a successful and popular president.

these repubs. study the bible too much and neglect History. send them all back to oblivion.

Says Paglia: "Pelosi didn't coast into prominence on the coattails of an ambitious husband, as did Hillary Clinton." Clinton hardly coasted to prominence; she served her time, did her work, and she didn't have the advantages that nepotism offered Pelosi. In fact, both women arrived at their current positions through the type of real political effort that few politicians may claim. So lay off Hillary Clinton, who made it as a lawyer when women still faced formidable challenges in law school and went on to draft and advocate for important child protection protocols at the time when Paglia was doing - what? - hanging around academia thinking about old statues? Not that there's anything wrong with that. But why does this make her political "observations" worth reading?

Can we take Hillary and McCain off the table, please?

They are sort of hollow reverse mirror images of each other. Since Repuglicans hate hillary, and since McCain is so creepy, why not just kill two birds with one stone and take a pass on both.

I also fear Hillary sucking up all of Pelosi's energy, like some un-dead Nazzguhl....