me: >>> His [John Stewart's] comment [as paraphrased by me]: is she morphing into a new Dubya?
Raghu writes: >> I don't think she is stupid enough. I really don't think Dubya is stupid as much as lazy, spoiled, willfully ignorant, and dogmatic. I think that even his inarticulancy [a Dubya-ism] is partly play-acted. I saw some videos of him debating when he was governor of Texas and he seemed much more articulate. In addition, Mark Crispin Miller makes the point that Dubya is quite articulate when he is speaking in a punitive way, but inarticulate when he's trying to (falsely) portray compassion. In any event, it's a mug's game to focus on the personality of the US president. Dubya represents (and helped to cement) a political coalition, including one part of the capitalist class (which dominates the coalition). The next US president will similarly represent a political coalition, likely with a slightly different segment of the capitalist class at the helm. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
