At least he doesn't sleep with that Camilla Parker Bowels thing.
Well, sh*t. The bar for becoming President just gets lower and lower... but I guess that is one qualification even Bush can honestly claim, and there aren't many.
Fascinated as I am to read what your requirements for leadership involve, it's very telling that the comparison with a rich, privileged nothing who would not (on his own merits) rise to senior trolley collector in a local supermarket leaps to mind...
but wake up from the 1780's. Charlie can't declare war - still less drag his country into it without a vote. We've learnt not to trust our hereditary moron class - the main difference is that we keep them on display to drag in gullible tourists, rather than hiding them in shelters. Oh, and ours still actually fight in real wars, rather than just sending others to bleed while getting richer...
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Let's see what all those Republican "chickenhawks" clamouring for war against Iraq did during America's last major conflict, Vietnam (with thanks to the muckraking New Hampshire Gazette).
President George Bush - a cushy slot near home engineered by dad in the Texas Air National Guard; apparently went AWOL for an entire year; service records never revealed.
Vice President Dick Cheney - no military service.
Chief Pentagon hawks Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz - no military service.
Grand Inquisitor John Ashcroft - no military service.
Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott, no military service.
Media neo-cons baying for war against Iraq: William Kristol, Michael Ledeen, Bill O'Reilly, Charles Krauthammer, George Will, Ken Adelman, Chris Mathews, and Rush Limbaugh - no military service during Vietnam.
These men are all around my age. During that time, I enlisted in the U.S. Army. Where were they when so many men were going into battle and to their deaths?
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The only senior member of the Bush administration with an honourable military record is Gen. Colin Powell, and he is least in favour of the coming war. |
