From the Atlanta Journal Constitution. It is a small gem by Jay BookmanBush isn't the only one in a bubblePublished on: 10/23/04
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Bush has earned a reputation as "the bubble president" because he is told only what he wants to hear from his staff, exhibits little curiosity about conflicting points of view and is so insulated that only ardent supporters are allowed at his public appearances. The PIPA poll suggests that the problem goes deeper still: The bubble president is the preferred choice of bubble people, Americans who are themselves insulated against inconvenient fact and hear only what they want to hear.
It's hard to see that as anything but willful self-delusion. Deep in their hearts, many Bush supporters have to know that the pre-war case for invading Iraq has collapsed, leaving us with a looming disaster. But they don't dare to admit that fact, not to themselves, not to others and certainly not to a pollster on the telephone.
They know where that would lead. They know that once they let that little bit of reality penetrate their bubble, they would be forced to confront the even more daunting fact that they had been fooled and misled by the president, a man in whom they placed so much faith. That's particularly difficult for voters who see politics as an extension of the culture war, and Bush as their champion. Admitting the truth about him seems like disloyalty.
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