"Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English poet
There's no way George Bush can win. At least that's what Rich Lowry thinks. In his National Review Online article titled "W.'s Double Binds" he tells us why:
"Sometimes a political figure becomes so hated that he can't do anything right in the eyes of his enemies. President Bush has achieved this rare and exalted status. His critics are so blinded by animus that the internal consistency of their attacks on him no longer matters."
Lowry explains how Bush's decisions on the major issues of the day are being evaluated by his political adversaries:
"If he bombed Iraq, he should have bombed Saudi Arabia instead, and if he had bombed Saudi Arabia, he should have bombed Iran, and if he had bombed all three, he shouldn't have bombed anyone at all.
Bush's economy hasn't created new jobs. If it has created new jobs, they aren't well-paying jobs. If they are well-paying jobs, there is still income inequality in America.
If he doesn't admit a mistake, he is bullheaded and detached from reality. If he admits a mistake, he is damning his own governance in shocking fashion."
There's more, and it's a fun essay. Mr. Lowry's conclusion, in particular, is hilarious. Read the whole thing if you need a chuckle.
2 comments:
Golly, gee. Sounds sorta like what Bill Clinton went through when he was in office. Come to think about it, is still going through via Hillary. I guess the Bushies can have that to look forward to when they exit the White House. Poetic justice, maybe? Or an American public that just learned its lesson all too well?
Ron,
Thanks for pointing this article out...it's hilarious and quite true. I've found many a blogger who has followed these scenarios to the letter.
Patrick
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