Five years ago I explained why George W. Bush managed to sew up the GOP nomination so early in 1999, and to be elected in 2000. He was virtually an unknown quantity, but he was the “non-Clinton.” Yes, the neocons and the money-men knew that he could be manipulated, through their Capo, Dick Cheney. But the country at large saw Bush as Clinton’s opposite. It’s hard now to recall just how many people were fed up with Bill Clinton in 2000, but that’s why Bush won. Fast forward to 2008, and the San Francisco Chronicle reports “Why some conservatives are … Continue reading The “Yuk” Factor