Fred Barnes defends fascism

The Weekly Standard's Fred Barnes has penned a side-splitter with his article outlining ten things he believes George W. Bush did right during his tenure as America's criminal-in-chief.

Among them? Enhanced interrogation of suspected terrorists including the use of secret prisons, wireless eavesdropping, and waterboarding; jettisoning U.S. law by spying without consent from federal judges; No Child Left Behind (apparently American public schools are now bastions of unbridled achievement as the result of this worthless legislation); pro-police state Justices Roberts and Alito; and last but not least, "the surge" (if military dictatorships absent the rule of law are your idea of "success," I suppose).

Barnes would be better off explaining how he can apparently go to work high everyday and still keep a job. After all, he actually writes this of Bush: "His presidency was far more successful than not. And there's an aspect of his decision-making that merits special recognition: his courage."

I got nothin'.

That Barnes actually believes this tripe is the amazing thing. But there's nothing especially "courageous" about unapologetically leading a nation down the path of totalitarianism; there's nothing benevolent about presiding over a supposedly free country with an iron fist. In fact, Fred, it's just plain evil.