"But as Mark Crispin Miller argues that we are living in a state that would appall the Founding Fathers: a state that is neither democratic nor republican, and no more "conservative" than it is liberal. He exposes the Bush Republicans' unprecedented lawlessness, their bullying religiosity, their reckless militarism, their apocalyptic views of the economy and the planet, their emotional dependence on sheer hatefulness, and, above all, their long campaign against American democracy."--BOOK JACKET.

Ch. 1. "The bright constellation which has gone before us" -- Ch. 2. What we don't know -- Ch. 3. The wrong man : I -- Ch. 4. The wrong man : II -- Ch. 5. They have met the enemy -- Ch. 6. The clear and present danger -- Conclusion : public trust.