8 years ago no one would have ever believed the US could have moved so far toward fascism.
Socialist, controlled financial structure modified to transfer money and control to the wealthy.
Erosion of civil rights, to privacy, elimination of habeaus corpus at the pleasure of the president.
Erosion of human rights, torture legalized, thousands trained in torture.
The creation of Blackwater operating on American soil, trained in Iraq, funded by Bush.
Could this have been imagined prior to Bush? Never.
Could a reasoning person not notice? Nope.
What would an apologist for the coup do? Deride the idea as foolish.