"we only associate with those who think as we do, and hence we think that everyone agrees with us."

Not here on the Mudcat we don't.

I think riots on the streets would actually be good news for Bush, aken, because tehy'd takemthe heat of him. In fact, if they happen, I'll suspect the dirty tricks brigade will have been working overtime to bring them about.

I'd like to see a situation where every public appearance the man and his cronies made, people would just turn their backs, and they were treated as non-persons. Any TV appearance the statistics would show millions of Americans switching over to a different channel, or turning off the TV as soon as he appears. There's a term for that sort of thing - "shunning"...