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Never mind that you don't like him. Bush is the front man for a particular gang, within larger networks of elite influence who don't need him. 45 percent of everyone, minimum, is utterly focused on getting rid of the man and his uglee crew. He is too much our version of the Anti-Christ. As "Hitler," he's merely another case of how history does the first time as tragedy, the second as (deadly) farce.
Anti-Bushism can turn into a giant trap, unless we understand and make clear that it's about the policies, the elites (especially their media stranglehold), and the overall history they have produced, meaning the whole world mess - not the man!
To take one scenario, if he's switched out in the summer, this would serve to demobilize the rage against him and clear the way for a Giuliani or McCain alternative, among other possibilities. That pair can play it secular, and the minor losses among ultra-"Christians" will be amply made up by the centrist appeal. Kerry will scramble to do the Homeland mania and Iraqi strongman thing, unconvincingly, and drop the left. That left (or whatever you term the opposition) will be in disarray by having lost their head campaign organizer, George W. Bush.
In that context, a New York convention suddenly makes sense, the state (which went against Bush 65-35 and will probably hit 75 percent against Bush in '04) would be back in play and suck up huge resources from the Heartland efforts.
Bush has his solid base among heartfelt Dominionists, yahoos and open fascists. As a base, this is a 20 percent proposition. The rest of the conservatives are oriented to economy and performance. If Bush is keeling - and he is - it's a snap for the more bottom-line-oriented elites to drop him for a New Homeland Centrism (read Secular Corporate Fascism).
Beware the anti-Bush focus.
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