On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As you know if you have read much of what I've posted over the last 12 > years, I hated George Bush. But lately something very interesting has > happened. I'm writing a novel that is loosely based on the events of > 9/11. When I started writing it, the character of the President was > truly evil. But as the book developed, I decided to rewrite the > character as tragically flawed instead of evil. In order to do so and > make the character believable, I had to revisit my opinion of Bush. I > read his autobiography, a number of his speeches, and several books by > members of his administration. My opinion of him has somewhat > moderated. I still dislike a lot of the actions he took, but I am > convinced that the real evil lay with his handlers and not with him, > and his flaw was that he was not strong enough to stand up to them > once he realized he was being manipulated. It was quite a revelation. > > Cheney, on the other hand, is still the Dark Lord. No amount of > revisiting history can wash the evil from him. > Interesting stuff Mo. That is kind of how I always felt about Bush, and certainly about Cheney. All Presidents have "handlers", and people around them who are supposed to be the "brains" of the operation, and Presidents' success or failure usually comes down to whether they listened to the right people or not. I think Bush was at his worst when he listened to Dick Cheney and his minions from hell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
