Any more doubts that were a center-right nation?
The Democratic party is now a conservative party with a liberal wing; the Republican Party has practically gone fascist. Thanks to Karl Rove we ended up with a majority-of-a-majority system, and Barack Obama wasn't ruthless enough to exploit such to entrench power for his Party. It will again be majority-of-a-majority rule in Congress in early January.
If a majority of Republicans support torture, then we will get torture. It is a far shorter leap from torturing foreigners to torturing Americans than it is from torturing cats to torturing people. Got a kid abusing dogs or cats? Get him help before he becomes a murderer!
