] The election was a victory for George Bush and Rovianism,
] a victory for Grover Norquist. It was also a victory for
] Osama Bin Laden. I don't believe for a moment Bin Laden
] was trying to sway voters to Kerry with his taped
] address. This was the outcome he wanted, a gift from us
] to him: an unapologetic Christian Crusader in the White
] House whose reelection giving lie to the notion that Abu
] Ghraib was an aberration and that the deaths of thousands
] of Iraqi civilians weigh upon America's conscience. This
] morning America could not look more like a grinning
] aggressor to the Arab world, an aggressor with fresh
] marching orders.

James Wolcott: Anyone Know How to Make a Noose?