Not Quite Redeemed by French Fries

Of the 100 facts that The Nation presents in its Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration, only one failed to raise my ire:

#62. At the behest of the french fry industry, the Bush Administration USDA changed their definition of fresh vegetables to include frozen french fries.

Yes!

Unfortunately for the GOP, this single good deed in a roiling sea of evil and mind-numbing greed is not enough to sway my vote.

I think The Nation should have included this fact instead: when the sister of James Byrd--the Black man who was tied to a truck by three white men and dragged along a Texas road to his death--stood in front of Bush in tears and begged him to sign a hate crimes bill, he refused. Without--as Molly Ivins pointed out--even offering her a tissue.

Is that what they call a "compassionate conservative?"