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"The General"


I intend to play clips from this on the radio over and over and over again Wednesday night as a reminder to all people that when you elect someone ignorant and incurious about the larger world and foreign policy the results are tragic. Watch it and weep or click on the photo.

"It's the CEO presidency," we were told. "He'll delegate to competent subordinates," they told us to assauge our nagging doubts.

Yes, the Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling Administration. Unchecked arrogance an all consuming faith in the power of PR and short-term partisan political tactics masquerading as crisis management.

Even the Godfather of modern conservatism is abandoning Bush. What does that tell you?

Heckuva job. Heckuva job.


Sean Paul Kelley July 23, 2006 - 4:37pm
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Lest we forget...

...this memorable 2000 exchange from Rick Mercer's Talking To Americans:

Rick Mercer: Excuse me, Governor Bush, question from Canada!
George W. Bush: Yeah, what about it?
Rick Mercer: The Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Poutine, said he would not endorse any leader in this race, but now he believes you should be the man to lead the Free World into the 21st Century. What do you think?
George W. Bush: Well, I'm honored. He knows I'm a strong supporter of Free Trade and strong relations with our neighbors, and I look forward to working with him.

Escher Sketch July 23, 2006 - 5:41pm
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Buckley has been out of the fray

but his essays are still the heart of the arguement for neocons and his magazine is still their flagship. I used to watch firing line when I was too young to see anything wrong with it: thats what my folks watched. I learned vocabulary!

When a political movement has heart disease, does it know it? does it go to the doctor? Maybe it just drops dead?

greensmile July 23, 2006 - 8:25pm
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OK, but you should not

assume that Buckley's statements mean anything that is useful to us. The 'conservative movement' may just be looking for a new leader, not having an internal crisis. The next leader, if they get the chance, may be just like Bush only more extreme.

Aaron Dellutri July 23, 2006 - 10:45pm
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Joke overheard...

"War is God's little way of teaching Bush geography"

I suppose then the US economy is God's way of teaching him math.

I dread to think how he is going to learn History...

There is only ever one enemy, and that is the military. It doesn't matter which side they purport to be on.

John Carter July 24, 2006 - 1:43am
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