Nathan,
From Bush's first speech after 9-11, I knew we were in for trouble. Knowing very little about the plans of the neocons at that time, it was still obvious to me that Bush was going to use the attack to take us in some wildly wrong direction. It was clear from his fundamentalist vocabulary that he wasnt interested in the real problem of terrorism, but rather was going to exploit the state of nerves of the country in some reckless way. I'm glad you were onto to it too.

Nathan,
From Bush's first speech after 9-11, I knew we were in for trouble. Knowing very little about the plans of the neocons at that time, it was still obvious to me that Bush was going to use the attack to take us in some wildly wrong direction. It was clear from his fundamentalist vocabulary that he wasnt interested in the real problem of terrorism, but rather was going to exploit the state of nerves of the country in some reckless way. I'm glad you were onto to it too.

Sitting right next to Tommy from Texas is Grover Norquist-- their Republican revolution is on the verge of collapse. What to do?

Sitting right next to Tommy from Texas is Grover Norquist-- their Republican revolution is on the verge of collapse. What to do?

Sitting right next to Tommy from Texas is Grover Norquist-- their Republican revolution is on the verge of collapse. What to do?

I wouldn't count them out just yet; think about
what the piece says, they are anticipating a
change in leadership. That is republcan talk
for "they are preparing the slime machine" to
attack president Kerry. This includes quotas
for democratic membership in these lobbying
firms which will lend them an air of credibility
to the public. Now, when the business roundtable
sends some beligerent moron on TV to argue
falsehoods with someone, they will do so with
the perceived blessing of the democratic party.

I work for a large trade association (major lobbyist) in Washington and our organization just picked up two new high level employees: one was a press secretary to a major cabinet secretary and the other was a Bush-Cheney 04 press operative. I'm not sure why they left, but I did hear one employee who works with them complain that they were slanting association press releases in pro-Bush ways (surprise, surprise). I'm not sure if these people fled a sinking ship or are part of the Bush-Cheney campaign who're working underground.