John Dean knocks "imperial presidency"

John Dean is right, and he is far from alone among real conservatives who see what is happening and are appalled.

Certainly, if we survive as a united nation of states, we liberals and conservatives and libertarians will go our separate ways again, and that is how it should be. It is what gives us much needed balance.

But, right now, our democratic nation is at stake and the real danger is clearly within. It is time for real patriots, whatever their political philosophy, to rise up against the corrupt authoritarian regime controlling Washington now.

John Dean knocks �imperial presidency� - BOOKS - MSNBC.com:

LOS ANGELES - John Dean, the White House lawyer who famously helped blow the whistle on the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon from office, says the country has returned to an 'imperial presidency' that is putting the United States and the world at risk.

In his new book, 'Conservatives Without Conscience,' Dean looks at Republican-controlled Washington and sees a bullying, manipulative, prejudiced leadership edging the nation toward a dark era.

'Are we on the road to fascism?' he writes. 'Clearly, we are not on that road yet. But it would not take much more misguided authoritarian leadership, or thoughtless following of such leaders, to find ourselves there.