A world view untainted by reality

In a certain real sense, the Reactionary Right is stuck. They stole the election to get these guys in power, and now that they are screwing up the country, they have no choice but to stick with them. Every further failure screams out that Rumsfield, et. al., should be fired and "frog marched" out of the White House. It will be interesting to see when the dam breaks and just how really horrible their come-uppance will be.

Washington Post: Rumsfeld's Myopia

"You might expect the secretary of defense to engage this crucial subject seriously. There have been several careful studies on nation-building efforts, most recently an excellent one by the Rand Corp. But Rumsfeld refers to none of them, basing his views on a handful of misleading factoids and anecdotes..."