re: #66 prairiefire

Isn’t it strange that a Republican president kept a lid on these people. Maybe they feel unhinged because they feel vulnerable and unprotected.

Bush did project a “just like us” image to most bible-belt white folks. As such, I think that a lot of people who might be worried about Islam felt they could trust him to look into it, and that if there was a problem, he’d toss some bombs or let them know or whatever. Basically, racists were projecting their racism onto him. I think that as long as he was in charge, they felt they didn’t have to “speak out” on these things themselves. I’m not saying they were accurate, but I do think that projection was earned given the amount of dog-whistle red meat Rove has Bush tossing out to the “base.”