Elaine Cassel thinks average Americans might be getting a clue:
A young salesperson in Neiman Marcus on Michigan Avenue asked me if I thought it odd that Ashcroft was holding rallies to promote the Patriot Act. Isn’t there a law against that, he said?
Another young man asked if I thought that the Patriot Act’s provisions would be extended. Weren’t many of the provisions “against the law,” he asked?
The people I spoke with were reluctant to suggest that Bush was “evil.” The young man in Neiman Marcus asked, “Do you really think he is trying to do the right thing?” Another, does he only care about his father’s buddies? Or does he care about “us”? Did Bush knowingly lie about intelligence that indicated Iraq was an imminent threat?
Is something wrong with Ashcroft, another young man asked? I mean, why would anybody cover up a statute (sic) to hide breasts?
Despite all the Orwellian pronouncements, despite the stage sets and the managed messages, Bush and his cronies seem to be losing their grip on power. This is double plus good. I just hope there are still some average citizens alive and solvent to enjoy the rest of the century.
light at the end of the tunnel, maybe?
interesting web site…