secrecy, fiscal irresponsibility, arrogance, and what seems a total lack of civic-
commitment or social conscience by this corrupt and incompetent administration. 

  
Historians are far from alone in their consensus that this is a failed administration...
The problem is simple.  This administration is good at tipping elections and
misleading congress and the public, but they are not able to govern.
 

(Why Conservatives Can't Govern By Alan Wolfe, Washington Monthly. Posted July 6, 2006.)

"But today's conservatives have no problem passing on the costs of their present madness to future generations. Governing well would require them to use the bully-pulpit of office to educate and uplift their base. But since contemporary conservatives get their political energy from angry voices of rage and revenge, they will always blame others for the failures built into their ideology. That is why conservatism so rarely makes for a good governance party. As far as conservatives are concerned, it is always someone else's government, one reason they can be so indifferent to their own mismanagement."

And it goes beyond mismanagement, there is dissention in the ranks... the Republican
chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, sent a very clear
message to Mr. Bush. 

Seattle Times

Hoekstra: Admin. Must ‘Keep the Intelligence Committees Fully ... Think Progress, DC - 3 hours ago The New York Times reports today that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) wrote a “sharply worded letter”

He informed him that the various forms of secrecy practiced by this
administration are "a violation of law." 

J. Dennis Hastert, house speaker, "concurs."  And
Heather A. Wilson, Republican from New Mexico, also expresses "deep concerns. This
hackneyed and corrupted administration by corporate fiat, is out of control and beyond the
pale.  The time for accountability may have already come and gone.  These right wing
extremes, who long ago disavowed any allegiance to the American people, have now
abandoned their conservative base.
      
They have also betrayed the religious community they tried to exploit.

"Evangelical Protestants are becoming increasingly concerned about a wide range of issues-the Iraq War, the environment, torture, and poverty, for example-which put them at odds with much of the Bush agenda.

This interest in what are often considered ``liberal" issues marks the rise of a younger and more moderate leadership among evangelicals. Paradoxically, these new leaders are more ``religious" than the old guard of the religious right. The difference, one could argue, is that they are more concerned about actually following Jesus, who had much to say about violence and the poor, but said nothing about gays or a strong military, and who was put to death by torture. The appearance of these new social concerns means that something important is afoot in the vast evangelical community of America. It is simply no longer accurate to identify ``evangelical" with ``religious right."
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/07/09/old_time_religion/

And the rift between the Bush elites and the American people has never been so clear.
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm   Most of America opposes George Bush
and his corporate agenda.  Since there does not seem to be any accountability offered
by these arrogant elite, perhaps impeachment, removal, and prosecution may be the only
feasible solution for America.   Up to 68% of America feels that we can do better. 
I tend to agree.

Tim Flanagan