There are still around 40% of the public who support Dumbya. Some are neocon nut jobs for sure. But a lot are just ordinary hard working folks who are being manipulated and shafted.

Many don't have time or energy to think much about it. The easiest approach to getting people's political support is to hook them on some fear or prejudice they already have.

Rove may have them convinced the Libs are after their guns. This Christmas they were conned into thinking the Libs were trying to stop them from saying "Merry Christmas". Some have been conned into believing the homosexual agenda is to take over the public schools and turn their sons into gays. Lot's of basically decent people are afraid of some damn thing or the other they have been conned into being afraid of.

But the last 40% supporting Bush aren't necessarily nut jobs. A little slow, maybe. Some of them may realize they have been had by next year. Some will never get it.

Karl Rove and his cynical cohorts have been amazing effective at taking advantage and manipulating people. Throw the corporate media into the mix and it's a wonder only 40% still back Bush. If the only "news" you get is from TV or talk radio, how the hell are you supposed to know what's going on?

Remember after 9-11 when Dumbya disappeared for a few days for scripting and rehersals? Everybody was wondering where he was and then he showed up at the World Trade Center for a scripted photo op.

It was masterfully done. Rove had a plant out in the crowd to yell "We can't hear you!"

I don't remember the exact script but then Bush comes back with something like "We can hear you! The world can hear you, and pretty soon the people that did this are going to hear.. etc.

That was masterfully scripted and staged propaganda and Bush's approval ratings shot sky high. All the people responding to the script weren't nut jobs and they aren't all nut jobs now.

Americans are pretty decent and trusting people for the most part. Maybe that's why Cheney/Bush/Rove has found it so easy to deceive and manipulate them.