Political capitalism is the worst form of tyranny

In case there was any doubt that Dubya would spend his newly claimed "capital" on reversing the principles of freedom that have traditionally been considered a cornerstone of American society, his top political aid Karl Rove erased any illusions today on "Fox News Sunday":

"If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal, and the ideal is that marriage ought to be, and should be, a union of a man and a woman," Rove said.

Rove continued to expound on the levels of duplicity and hypocrisy the second Bush administration would scale, noting that there wouldn't be an abortion "litmus test" on judicial appointees, just a requirement that any would-be federal judge subscribe to the Bush team's same strict and inflexible view of the Constitution.

Here's hoping that their "hopeful and decent society" collapsed under the strain of that white man's burden. Or that Bush ends up blowing his political capital on a bunch of losing causes.