In a nutshell

MANIFESTO

Every so often I come across a passage that encapsulates the appalling havoc the Bushies have wrought upon the country. The following, from the latest The Nation, is such a passage:

The calamitous Administration of George W. Bush has slashed and burned its way through Iraq, our Constitution and the remnants of the social safety net. It has pursued imperial aggression, lethal incompetence and crony capitalism as if they constitute official policy, leaving the next President with a multitude of crises, from Iraq to New Orleans to Guantánamo Bay.

With the Iowa caucuses behind us, may a candidate emerge who sees these problems and works actively to correct them.