How Low Did They Go?

We'll probably never know just how vile and corrupt the Bush administration was, but the picture is becoming clearer.

GQ is providing a glimpse into the cynicism of the Bushies, releasing images of Don Rumsfield's cover images to his Pentagon briefings delivered to the president complete with Bible quotes intended to manipulate the simple minded W.

Rumsfeld, not a religious man himself, must have giggled with glee at ordering the Bible versus to be placed as headlines on the documents, expecting that only a handful of people would ever see them, the president and a few of Rumsfeld's henchmen who were every bit as cynical as him.

You can see a slide show of some of "Bush's Bible Briefings" here.

The Conservative Toehold:

Social conservatives are grasping for a cause that will ring with whatever constituency remains after the abomination of the Bush years, so they are preparing for a fight over Obama's appointment to the Supreme Court. They are priming for two issues: abortion rights and gay marriage, neither of which seem likely to hold much sway over an American electorate facing economic bankruptcy promulgated by conservative policies. (See The New York Times' story.)