Declaring "it is past time" to shine "the bright light of hindsight ... on ourselves," The New York Times assessed its pre-war and early invasion Iraq coverage as "in most cases ...

"Notwithstanding their stated aversion to 'big government,' now that they have become the government [right wing Republicans] have not hesitated to expand its powers in precisely those areas that are most threatening to individual freedoms ... . The likelihood that those powers will be abused has increased, moreover, as the conservative movement accuses its ideological adversaries of 'treason,' 'terrorism' and 'un-Americanism;' threatening long-standing traditions of tolerance and diversity. ...

How is Bush-Cheney '04 like a marketing campaign? "In 2000, Mr. Bush shattered fund-raising records... by recruiting supporters to join a program called the Pioneers, fund-raisers who pledged to raise at least $100,000.