"Mr McCain, do you agree with the views of your new Deputy Communications Director, Michael Goldfarb, regarding the merit of a US Presidential Dictatorship? What about his approval of torture and spying on Americans?"

is close at hand. the american constitution will be subverted by would-be dictators, unless the people establish democracy first.

this is not likely to happen, so put your money on dictatorship.

Re: "Please please PLEASE write a column desconstructing the absolutely fawning, biased and pathetic Politico article by Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith about how "unconventional" and unpredictable Matt Drudge is because he's not smearing Obama with the same overwhelming lies that he did with Kerry and Gore."

Give him time. It's only June. The slime will start right about the Democratic convention. Look for an 'Inventoed Scandal of the Day" from Drudge/NewsMax and/or Fox, all for the Mainstream Media to parrot, without question, to drown out Barak's message.

There is a good deal of projection going on, methinks, with Goldfarb's infatuation with "near dictatorial powers." I cannot avoid the feeling that this turns him on personally. The only thing that confuses me is that he stops short, and instead of claiming "outright dictatorial powers" for the president (for whom he would like to be a surrogate), he demurely settles for "nearly dictatorial powers."

I call Goldfarb out as a pansy and a wimp who does not have the balls to claim "outright dictatorial powers." Oh, and Kristol too.

Dear Mr. Greenwald,

First let me say that I have been most impressed with your blog posts. You are doing a valuable service in speaking truth to power. May it long continue!

I'd like to point out (or reinforce) an important implication of this "time of war" business. Many people in this country believe that, in times of war, the government can be excused for overstepping its (peacetime) bounds. After all, these people tell themselves, desperate times call for desperate measures. Now among these people, many believe that "we" are currently "at war", and have been since September 11. Hence these people are willing to excuse the government for any recent/current indiscretions which it may have committed.

The kicker here is that this alleged war, by its very nature, cannot end. Hence, the logical conclusion that one must make is that the government's "indiscretions" are intended to be eternally ongoing. Most people seem to forget this, but to the neoconservatives and their ilk, this is the point. In other words, the "war" is merely a ruse in order to acquire and maintain dictatorial power, à la 1984.

Are you sure this guy wasn't involved in the movie, John Goldfarb, Please Come Home? You've got to watch this movie to understand how much Life now imitates Art. We are ruled by buffoons and caricatures. The devolution of the 'public servant' is comical, but excruciatingly painful to watch for those who understand the nature of that beast. When all is said and done, there can no arguing that they really DO represent us collectively, and will continue to do so until we as a people begin to choose what is right over what is easy.

Just look on the Salon page where Glenn's articles appear under the ad for his latest book, Great American Hypocrites and you will find:

E-mail

GGreenwald@salon.com

Schmedley, Old Gimlet Eye, was a bit of a schmendrick. Kinda like you.

Glenn-

Please please PLEASE write a column desconstructing the absolutely fawning, biased and pathetic Politico article by Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith about how "unconventional" and unpredictable Matt Drudge is because he's not smearing Obama with the same overwhelming lies that he did with Kerry and Gore.

It is a goldmine of everything that's wrong in our press in one single article. Check out this unchallenged anonymous source:

“The MSM is already sending love letters to Obama,” said a GOP operative who worked for the Bush-Cheney reelection. “That’s something that has traditionally been countered on the Republican side with talk radio, blogs to a lesser degree but especially Drudge. If those tools are not part of the Republican vehicle for message delivery, that’s crippling.”

Completely unchallenged are three assumptions: 1. The Mainstream Media is liberal and in the bag for Obama (no mention of the fawning over McCain for 8 years and the savagery done to Obama by the media over Wright), 2. Right Wing propaganda radio is simply a necessary counterbalance to counter the massively liberal mainstream media that loves Obama so much (no mention of Fox News, nor McCain worship, nor Bush worship) and 3. Drudge simply helps balance the broad liberal bias.

All that in one unchallenged paragraph from an anonymous source.

The article gets far worse from there, the whole thing a broad justification for the "Maverick" Matt Drudge and his important role in the process, with zero investigation of why mainstream media is so broken.

Check out how the writers mischaracterize the "typical white woman" comment and also the number of republicans quoted in the article.

Sorry to post this alert here, but not sure where Glenn's email address is to be found.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10744.html

McShame's brownshirts are crawling out of the wood work, each attempting to prove his fascist credentials. I don't know if these assholes are a product of our educational system or if they are simply unprincipled careerists seeking to prove that they are more loyal to fascist principles than they are to those of a democratic republic, because it has become fashionable to follow the business hierarchal model that rewards the sycophant and betrayal in order to maintain control.

Oddly, the founders thought it necessary to establish a civilian government designed to keep the military in its cage while regulating business to prevent it from exercising the exclusive right to screw all Americans without consequence. "After all, it is nature's way," they are quick to "remind," as if Americans have accepted the concept of loyalty to petty dictators in order to save their incomes as divinely inspired or a force of nature. It is an excuse for cowardice.