Today's GOP Makes Even George Bush Look Good

I never thought I'd miss the second President Bush, but I do. For all the many horrific and unconstitutional things he did while president, he deserves sincere credit for this much: in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, he gave a speech in which he specifically said that America was not at war with "Islam" or "Muslims," only with a small handful of terrorist extremists.

Yes, he was a dishonest idiot for offering the false dichotomy "You're either with us or you're with the terrorists," but he never spewed any bigoted blather about how ALL refugees are suspect, or why even preschool-aged orphans deserve to be distrusted, or why we ought to shut down every mosque in America ....