John Dean says that the Evidence Establishes, without Question, that Republican Rule Is Dangerous

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Why It Is High Time to Fix This Situation, For the Good of the Nation.
http://writ.lp.findlaw.com/dean/20081031.html

Put simply John Dean says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLHq7rgHOLk

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1. John Dean has been front & center with his chastisement of the boy king & his minions

from the get-go. I was a teenager during the Watergate hearings who was very impressed with his testimony, I've read all of his books, & I'm glad this brilliant man with integrity is on the side of truth.

And the youtube video link is appreciated, malaise!

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2. I finished reading Broken Government

a week or so ago. Dean is one of the good guys.

Snip from the article
Frankly, the fact that the pre-election polls are close - after eight years of authoritarian leadership from Bush and Cheney, and given its disastrous results - shows that many Americans either do not realize where a McCain/Palin presidency might take us, or they are happy to go there. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me, for there is only one way to deal with these conservative zealots: Keep them out of power.

This election should be a slam dunk for Barack Obama, who has run a masterful campaign. It was no small undertaking winning the nomination from Hillary Clinton, and in doing so, he has shown without any doubt (in my mind anyway) that he is not only qualified to be president, but that he might be a once-in-a-lifetime leader who can forever change the nation and the world for the better.

If Obama is rejected on November 4th for another authoritarian conservative like McCain, I must ask if Americans are sufficiently intelligent to competently govern themselves. I can understand authoritarian conservatives voting for McCain, for they know no better. It is well-understood that most everyone votes with his or her heart, not his or her head. Polls show that 81 percent of Americans "feel" (in their hearts and their heads) that our country is going the wrong way. How could anyone with such thoughts and feelings vote for more authoritarian conservatism, which has done so much to take the nation in the wrong direction?

We will all find out on (or about) November 5th.

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3. Dean addresses the"We're for small government!" hypocrites expertly...

Authoritarian conservatives are primarily anti-government, except where they believe the government can be useful to impose moral or social order (for example, with respect to matters like abortion, prayer in schools, or prohibiting sexually-explicit information from public view). Similarly, Republicans' limited-government attitude does not apply regarding national security, where they feel there can never be too much government activity - nor are the rights and liberties of individuals respected when national security is involved.

They're for small government only when it suits them: abortion, prayer in schools, explicit tv/movies; and when "national security" can be used as a catch-all offense against civil rights & liberties (in my words, to hide their corruption).

Authoritarian Republicans do oppose the government interfering with markets and the economy, however - and generally oppose the government's doing anything to help anyone they feel should be able to help themselves.

Big government is just fine when it comes to keeping their corporate friends' agendae intact, but government shouldn't do anything to help the little guy, who they feel should pick themselves up by the bootstraps, when they generally don't even have the boots.

John Dean hit a homerun with this article.