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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: LindyBill who wrote (65311)1/10/2003 4:45:29 PM
From: tekboy  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I agree with you entirely (although I'd add to your definition of Character the caveat that the decisions are indeed good, truly public-spirited decisions). I just don't feel I have enough to go on yet in determining whether Bush passes that test.

Look, calling a spade a spade shouldn't be out of bounds. Everything I said about Bush could have been said about Harry Truman, and the same questions could have been raised--hell, were raised--about him. He was a know-little haberdasher and machine politician who few people thought was up to the job when he had it thrust upon him. And yet in the end, because he had precisely the qualities you mention, he turned out to be one of the greatest presidents in history, and the man who presided over the creation of the stable, benign, dramatically successful international order we're still living in today. If Bush turns out in practice to be another Truman, there'll be nobody happier than yours truly.

tb@we'llsee.com
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