In keeping with the Republican Party's newfound love of Martin Luther King Jr., clips of the civil rights leader flashed on the screen as an ominous-sounding narrator repeatedly congratulated Heston for marching with him. Subsequent frames were filled with Heston's speeches touting the virtues of firearms. Some young people scrambled on top of chairs to get a better view or a better angle for their snapshots. We had enough of that during the last administration. Together we will find our destiny, our promised land.
Treacherous waters lie ahead.
But let down your mates, sir, and you'll face the plank. Alicia Montgomery is an associate editor in Salon's Washington bureau. The race to face Bush Democratic presidential wannabes waste no time using their new Senate powers to position themselves for 2004. France and Germany blast Bush on missile defense, while Sweden prepares to fight him on global warming. The president faces protesters overseas, political rebellion at home.