The Church of Bush
The Village Voice has a neato article about The Church of Bush. I’m opposed to George W. Bush; I’ve disagreed with many of this administrations policies, especially in its handling of foreign affairs. So, in a Taoist-political turnabout, I’m sure that there are people who agree with the man on almost everything he does.
This article, however, caters more to people like me. It goes a little too far with the personal jibes (such as asking what kind of man could ”...go on a fishing trip while his daughter was undergoing surgery, and use the world’s media to mockingly order her to clean her room while he was away…”) but the premise is basically sound: why are people blind to the truth of this man?
Truth is a very subjective thing, it’s true… things that people found very distasteful about Clinton I hardly noticed and I cannot, in good faith, claim that the foibles I overlooked in Clinton wouldn’t become character flaws in Bush… but the facts seem staggering to me: cutting veteran’s benefits, taking the strongest economy into the biggest defecit since at least Reagan (even adjusting for wartime spending), invading Iraq looking for WMDs that we were so sure were there we were willing to destroy a country (oops, sorry ‘bout that guys), and meanwhile he’s this great man? This compassionate man? I don’t buy it.
So, Linda Ronstadt soapboxes aside, could this man please not be our president next term? Could this administration please be replaced? I’m not necessarily a huge Kerry/Edwards fan (Howard Dean was more my speed, despite the anger), but anything’s gotta be better than this.