We don't disagree in general about whether Bush or George W are "actors"; all of them are, of course, to some degree.
There comes a time when a difference in degree becomes a difference in kind. There comes a time when the dangerousness of, and precedent implied, by the phenomenon should, politics aside, alarm anybody.
About neither Bush nor his son would anyone think to write this, and think it was a "normal" way of assessing the leader of the most powerful nation on earth. But if this can be said without shame, as it is by even many smart people-- we are are in trouble.
<<<I admire the man greatly as a leader of this country. Regardless
of any personal short-coming, he was able to look into a camera
and make Americans feel safe, confident, proud, optimistic -- a
hell of a gift. >>>
It is begging with a cup to be manipulated. We are manipulated, as you imply, in any case; we do not have to beg for it, and endorse it. |
