The Great Divider

The one sure legacy of the Bush Government we can see, is that he will be known as the Great Divider. The man whose government turned American against American, liberal vs. Conservative, blue vs. red.
Oh, we can pass some of the blame onto the bloggers, the media, or the lunatic fringe. But not all of it. We can't even pass most of it.
Bloggers? The most widely read of them have an audience of only a few thousands. They aren't affecting the majority of citizens.
The media? There are few media personalities trusted the way America trusted say, Walter Cronkite. Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh may have voiced the opinions, but their targets just responded with a few books and T-shirts. No divisiveness there.
The lunatic fringe we have always had, raving and frothing. But nobody ever paid attention to them before.

No. It has been the government's policies and statements, demonizing dissenters and championing an Us or Them state, that has separated the United States into two separate States.
I only wish I knew how this was going to end.