1,000 Reasons to Vote Against George Bush. (Via metafilter.com)
#57 Democracy: Bush has little interest in democracy, jokingly says he prefers a dictatorship
Bush pushes for democracy abroad as part of his war on terror, but diminishes it at home. Critics believe he has no real interest in democracy, only getting rid of terrorists: George W. Bush says he wants to attack Iraq to install democracy. But as he explained on 2002-12-18: “If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” Common Dreams 2003-02-23 (link)