All the President's Pundits

I've been trying to put my finger on what bothers me about the blindly loyal Bush supporters but haven't been able to articulate it. Now I guess I don't have to, since Glen Greenwald nails it. Read it all but here's a few choice quotes.

They are authoritarian cultists. Their allegiance is not to any principles of government but to strong authority through a single leader. [...]

And the core emotions driving the Bush extremists are not hard to see. It is a driving rage and hatred – for liberals, for Muslims, for anyone who opposes George Bush. The rage and desire to destroy is palpable. [...]

The rage-based reverence for The President as Commander-in-Chief -- and the creepy, blind faith vested in his goodness -- is not a movement I recognize as being political, conservative or even American.

"Rage based reverence" kind of says it all. These folks keep accusing the left of being hateful, but all the rage-based rhetoric seems to be coming from their side of the fence. When's the last time you saw a lefty express a desire to kill somebody or drop nukess on nations that just happen to have Muslim populations?