Forget George W. Bush

E. J. Dionne Jr. wrote yesterday:

The Bush Era is over. The sooner politicians in both parties realize that, the better for them -- and the country.

He's right but the bad news is he's right for the wrong reasons. The era of George W. Bush is over but only because his incompetence has become a liability to those power brokers who put him into power and the era of those power brokers is far from over. Their power for years into the future is guarantied by the inevitable approval of John Roberts to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Make no mistake, John Roberts is a corporatist, a fascist in the Mussolini mold. Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement will be just as odious.