Bush And Republicans: No Honor Among Thieves

Paul Krugman's scathing analysis of Bush and the loser Republican party. Have some honor, own up to your mistakes:

"As the new Democratic majority prepares to take power, Republicans have become, as Phil Gramm might put it, a party of whiners.

Some of the whining almost defies belief. Did Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general, really say, “I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror”? Did Rush Limbaugh really suggest that the financial crisis was the result of a conspiracy, masterminded by that evil genius Chuck Schumer?"

As Paul points out this was not just bad luck, or the stars didn't line up, this was many years in the making:

"The fault, however, lies not in Republicans’ stars but in themselves. Forty years ago the G.O.P. decided, in effect, to make itself the party of racial backlash. And everything that has happened in recent years, from the choice of Mr. Bush as the party’s champion, to the Bush administration’s pervasive incompetence, to the party’s shrinking base, is a consequence of that decision".

With all of Bush's disregard for our Liberty and Rule of Law, why did so many people, including Democrats, go along with it?

Source: Paul Krugman