pmcarpenter: The perniciously oblivious Mr. Bush

[unhappycamper]

The perniciously oblivious Mr. Bush
p m carpenter
June 02, 2005

There are 293,655,404 worried people in the United States -- minus one. "I don't worry about anything here in Washington, D.C.," Bush said Tuesday with his usual air of pixilation.

At least he finally said something you can put in the bank. Finally, some truth. Still, nothing less than stunning was that a sitting president in, or rather a president sitting in, the midst of so much pain, anguish and looming disaster -- thousands dying in Iraq, 45 million at home with no health care, a generations-crushing deficit -- could utter such a disconnected inanity. It made Herbert Hoover look like a combustive activist.

To be fair, Bush is accustomed to not worrying because he’s never had to. He’s always had his own private welfare system, a coterie of political nannies to hold him and clean up after him, and his emotional abyss precludes empathy for others who were born silver-spoonless. Folks like Robert F. Kennedy possessed the same privileges, but were capable of growth. There was something there, there.

Nevertheless the What, me-worry? line this week was a refreshingly honest moment during what the press still charitably calls a “news” conference. Other than that one aside, we got the same old diversions and ducks and deceit, as expected. Yet Bush’s Me-worry? attitude is causing a lot of worry for his congressional minions. They’re reading some nasty electoral graffiti on the wall.

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. The Nation had it pegged a while ago

[disgruntled_goat]

2. The Nation rules.

a fine fine magazine....

but when reminded of it, I can only wistfully dream of Katrina Vanden Huevel (sp?)...rrowwr.

/end threadjack ;)