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Dictator!
Jules Crittenden — ... Jeff Jacoby, the Boston Globe’s token rightwing warmonger, has fun with  the idea of Bush as one …   Bush as a ruthless autocrat? It would be easier to take the idea seriously if it weren’t for the omnipresent clamor of voices denouncing the man. Tyrants have a way of squelching public dissent and intimidating their critics. Whatever else may be said about the Bush administration, it has never cowed its opponents into silence. If anything, the past eight years have set new records in vilifying a sitting president: “Bush = Hitler” signs at protest rallies; Crude “Buck Fush” ...

Quote of the Election
Bitchin' in the Kitchen — ... Pray that Barone is wrong. The nation’s political life is toxic enough when the president is falsely labeled a dictator. It would be infinitely more poisonous if the label were true. - Jeff Jacoby ...

Shorter Jeff Jacoby
If I Ran the Zoo — Once Trope Becomes True: I oppose Obama because he will bring about a Unitary Executive, an Imperial Presidency, and probably force ordinary citizens into so called "free speech zones" and maybe even torture them in secret prisons. Unlike George Bush. aimai