HOUSTON -- You haven't lived until you've heard lifelong Texas Republicans call Bush & Cheney "war criminals."

Not to imply that that's the only thing Bush and Cheney get called by some people who at one time voted for them. Good strong comments about lack of competence, intellect, attention span and general information also float around the pathetic spectral remnants of what some pundits used to call Bush's "aura of invincibility."

None of this is the shock it might be; I've gotten word of similar discourse, to use the polite term, from Mississippi Republicans and related country-club apolitical types. If Bush ...   more »