"In many ways," Charles Sullivan says, "George W. Bush is the perfect ... emissary of the ruling class. He possesses all of the qualifications...: callousness and indifference to the needs of others, the absence of conscience, truncated mental capacity... a penchant for cruelty ... a powerful sense of nobility and entitlement that stems from being born into wealth and privilege. He is also a pathological liar...."
Corporate America placed Bush in the White House, Sullivan adds, to put virtually all of our tax dollars into supporting the military industrial complex. "The people who put him in office intend to end public ownership of the commons...If Bush and his handlers prevail in the class struggle, all social programs of value to the middle class and the poor, including Social Security, will be privatized and run for profit...."
Read the whole trenchant essay:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/4676