Before Jacob Weisberg goes casting aspersions on the US democracy, he might wish to consider that Bush became president as the result of a putsch. 125,000 black voters were purged from the Florida voter rolls prior to the November 7, 2000 election. Q.E.D. The chance that this was a random event is zero.

So Bush's direct corruption of the intent of America's voters means that everything he did was illegitimate. Moreover, Weisberg simply ignores the fact that tens of millions of Americans vociferously opposed his tenure, his wars (very plural), his penal excesses, his torture policies, his wiretapping, his corruption, and on and on. The list is too long to enumerate here, and none of us, including the media, could keep up. He was an extremely determined vandal. There's only so much real estate on page 1.

I expect that this piece was written at least partly to expurgate Weisberg's own feelings of guilt and remorse. Look, Weisberg, Hitler won not one, but two popular elections in Germany, both of which were more legitimate than anything Bush won nationally. And we felt it appropriate to put Germans on trial at every level of hierarchy for their crimes. The American people were misled, and for America and democracy to regain their standing, those leaders must be held accountable. Period.

How did Bush have the power to unregister voters in Florida?

Outrager:

Weisberg simply ignores the fact that tens of millions of Americans vociferously opposed his tenure

Vociferously? Like, by being annoyed and writing on message boards? Standing at street corners with signs that say "give peace a chance"? If you're so certain he subverted democracy, why didn't you actually do something about it? Hell, at least the Georgians whipped a grenade at him.

that's a false choice buddy. you either cave or have a violent revolution? bullshit.