Awww, that's over-the-toppish, Pat. We're not talking fascism, but a sort of craven "don't criticize the pres during this time of crisis" PC. Which will become increasingly hard a pretense to support as Bush, Ashcroft, and flunkies continue to ram their feet down their throats. And find chunks of Enron sticking to their coat tails.

(Did you hear about Ari Fleischer's (sp?) clarification of Bush's claim that he had 'read the bureaucrat's report' on Global Warming? Paraphrasing: "He was briefed. If the President says he read something, it means he was briefed on it." How wonderfully candid!)