This morning I spoke to a friend in Texas whom I have long considered a bellwether of middle-class opinion. She is a life-long Republican with no strong ideological orientation, and gets most of her political news out of the local and regional papers, but she has plenty of good sense. She has thus far been unwavering in her support of Bush and voted for him. But last night’s speech was it for her: she found it arrogant, profligate, and unAmerican. She said (paraphrasing): “I don’t like this idea that America is going to save the world from tyranny, beating up … Continue reading Had it with Bush