Accountability

The difference between democracy and tyranny is not that in a democracy bad things don’t happen, but that in a democracy when they do happen people are held and brought to account.
-Tony Blair
House of Commons, 19 January 2005

First rule of leadership: everything is your fault.

-Hopper
A Bug's Life

Bush believes that his reelection means that no one should be held accountable for the lack of WMD, the torture, the balooning costs, and the dead. You can tell him you disagree. I don't think for a moment that Bush cares what you or I have to say on the matter, but I still think it is important to tell him.