Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“Folks who believe the current political atmosphere is uniquely hateful have forgotten the boundless vitriol prevailing a few decades ago. During the George W. Bush administration, Republicans relied on push-button rage to suppress all criticism of the war on terror. After I appeared on a 2006 Fox News panel and criticized the Bush administration’s secret illegal financial surveillance regime, I was peppered with hostile emails including this gem: ‘Every know-nothing lying jackass like you should be rounded up and gassed with the Iraqi poison gas that does not exist according to you.’ I’ve never enjoyed poison gas so I eschewed following that suggestion. Unfortunately, most media outlets remained reticent about publishing frontal attacks on President Bush’s most outrageous policies.” (05/26/25)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2025/05/26/we-never-got-to-torture-congress/