No, Harry, it doesn't strike me that Bush has been successful, not in Texas
nor on matters of legislative substance now. Except for ramming through the
overly optimistic Bush tax cut, the Education package he gloried in is being
soft-pedaled if not derided already. The Patriot Bill was driven by
adrenalin and needs heavy editing. Bush has 9/11 and fear going for him, a
good PR machine in the shape of a seal, a name and bankroll that makes way
for him like it did for Ted Kennedy, he likes to straddle the fence like any
negotiator, and takes credit where it wasn't his to take like the worst of
them (ie. Texas health care). We can be certain, however, that he never,
ever signed the execution notice for any innocent criminal in Texas.
As much as I applaud your use of prose and logic, many Americans felt as if
"we wuz robbed" in November 2000, learning suddenly that a system we assumed
worked didn't really, or at least is geographically-challenged, upsetting
the notion that elections took place like Swiss clockwork and that perhaps
that lousy micromanager Jimmy Carter needed to supervise elections in Miami
After finding out that those who slandered the use of Executive privileges
would use them, too, especially regarding secrecy of White House papers,
later in 2001 we learned to our horror that the government's agencies
couldn't protect us from massive harm from non-weapons of mass destruction
by non-militarized fanatics in spite of all that military hardware, practice
and muscle. More recently, we've suffered yet another blow that the people
who shoulda.coulda.woulda didn't ("connect the dots") and the people who are
minding the American store are "out to lunch".
If I were a superstitious person, I would take note that George Walker Bush
was linked to all of these and wonder if he isn't just a very bad omen. For
many of us, Bush's ascension to the swearing-in ceremony in January 2001 was
a bit like OJ Simpson getting off the hook and moving to - surprise! -
Florida. Of course, OJ really is looking for the killer just like Bush
really is going to reform corporate fraud and really do something about the
economy - for the rest of us.
Why did you say that "Cheney, White, and Thompson ARE INNOCENT, AS YOU
KNOW." Has the Supreme Court decided for us already?
- Karen, "Free the Bush Twins - send Dad back to Texas" Watters Cole
