Terry sez: > Well, this should give pause to some of our conspiraphiles:) > > http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6467512&page=1 > > Exclusive: Cheney Says He's Changed > Vice President Reflects on Time in Office, Assesses Obama's Team > By JONATHAN KARL > Dec. 16, 2008 > > In an exclusive interview with ABC News, a reflective Vice President > Dick Cheney praised President-elect Barack Obama's national security > team and admitted he's changed during his time in office. > > <more>
I guess it encouraging to suspect (or at least hope) that both Bush/Cheney actually did acquire a certain level of wisdom during their 8 year tenure as leaders of the free world. Unfortunately the entire nation has paid the price of their tuition while they accumulated their new-found wisdom. Had they been elected in 2001 knowing what they know now, it seems pretty obvious that different decisions would have been implemented, especially in the aftermath of 9/11. Alas, speculation on alternative historical paths the administration could have been taken is likely to be fertile, for what good it would do us. Personally, I got the impression that Bush Jr. was an affable dufus who whose secret ambition was to just be one of the good'ol boys - someone who would have preferred to just hang around with a bunch of dudes and party all night and talk baseball or football statistics. Outtakes of Bush hanging milling about (after all the political speeches have been issued) seem to show a really personable individual, a savvy social animal. He seemed genuinely interested in others while chatting up a storm with everyone regardless of their religious, political, social, or sexual orientation. It grieves me that his better developed talents were wasted. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
