Peter Daou has written an interesting piece on the right-wings grab for power in the United States, how it has unfolded and what may lie ahead:
The Dynamic of a Bush Scandal: How the Spying Story Will Unfold (and Fade)- The third button on the Daou Report’s navigation bar links to the U.S. Constitution, a Constitution many Americans believe is on life support – if not already dead. The cause of its demise is the corrosive interplay between the Bush administration, a bevy of blind apologists, a politically apathetic public, a well-oiled rightwing message machine, lapdog reporters, and a disorganized opposition. The domestic spying case perfectly illuminates the workings of that system. And the unfolding of this story augurs poorly for those who expect it to yield different results from other administration scandals.Here’s why: the dynamic of a typical Bush scandal follows familiar contours…
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