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Well, yeah: the 46% who don't clearly see how criminal Bush has been don't read Salon. But public discourse still matters. And it IS crucial for people to go on record––anywhere and everywhere––about what has happened in the last 8 years.
So we shouldn't be cowed by charges of "Bush bashing" or heed the questionable wisdom to put this "behind us." Bush needs to be held to account in SOME kind of court, even if it's the court of public opinion.
Who knows what is in Bush's psyche--he is less aware than anyone. What matters is that his obvious character deficits *don't* mitigate his crimes. He ran for office on clear tenets (compassion, humble foreign policy, unity) and swore to uphold the constitution, and then he blatantly violated that contract with the people. So it doesn't matter that he is incurious, lazy, a buffoon, incompetent, etc. Even someone dim and lazy could have kept his word. Even an incompetent could have said, "no, I won't lie to the people who gave me this office."
He's trying to tell himself he's a man of honor, but he knows he isn't. Of course he can't fully absorb the amount of blood on his hands--it would be too horrific even for Bush.
