It's the elections, not the figurehead

"The left needs to realize that they are no longer fighting George Bush. He won reelection and the only thing he has left to win is how he is remembered - his legacy. You create that narrative not by making up ads against Bush or participating in ineffectual protests that have no clue why they exist. It’s up to the politicians and the pundit class to make it clear that the malaise rolling across America is the result of con ideology gone mainstream. The idea that the federal government can’t properly respond to a natural disaster because an unqualified crony pal of the president is in charge is what happens when you put these cons into office. When we have high gas prices and the White House makes no effort to stave them off, that’s what happens when you have a con-run government. When terrorists kill us and we remain unable to find and visit vengeance upon them, that’s a side effect of having a con in charge - it’s what they do, how they do it. That good service men and women are stuck in a foreign land dying for a cause nobody can really articulate for God knows how long, is what you get when you elect these cons into office. From top to bottom, from local to national office, the con movement is bad for America and is making life harder, less profitable and less safe for its citizens. George Bush is just the figurehead here, you aren’t running and advocating against him anymore - but against the perverted movement he stands for." - - - Oliver Willis