Radical Ideology Points the Bushites Toward Avoidable Trouble —

“What is worrying is the combination of three factors that could

produce a perfect political storm.

First, the Bushies came into office with the attitude that

everything Bill Clinton did was wrong and needs to be

reversed.

Second, they bore Republican theological positions on tax cuts,

the environment and missile defense, positions that were

hatched in conservative think tanks and chanted with religious

devotion but were never tempered by the real world as it has

evolved in the last eight years. Yet early signs are that the

Bushies will say or do anything to get their radical tax cuts

made, their oil wells drilled and their missile shield built – no

matter what is going on in the world.

Finally, they control the Senate, the House, the White House and

the Supreme Court, so there are no brakes.” International Herald Tribune