Robyn Blumner, SP Times: Reality finally bites Bush

[highplainsdem]

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/11/Columns/Reality_finally_bites.shtml

Cindy couldn't do it, but Katrina did. Bush has been shoved awake from his long national daydream to find that, to his surprise, the country cannot be governed effectively by giving high-ranking officials cutesy nicknames and engaging in determined wishful thinking.

Welcome to the real world, Mr. President. Any ideas on what to do now?

-snip-

Early on, Bush decided that his administration would adopt a "perception equals reality" approach to governance and stick to that playbook regardless of what America's lying eyes saw: a "Healthy Forests" initiative that opened federal forests to aggressive logging, a "Clear Skies" proposal that allowed more mercury emissions and air pollution from coal plants. It was an easy magician's trick, since only those pointy-headed poindexters would appreciate the implications.

But pictures of people - Americans - trapped atop flooded houses with bloated bodies floating by, while our secretary of state buys overpriced shoes on Fifth Avenue and the president stumps at a golf resort, can't be dissembled.

[sarcasmo]

1. Yer doing a fine job Brownie. Trent , we will get that house built.

Them poor folk will just have to wait.

[enid602]

2. tribute

Quite a tribute to the preznit, on this, the 9/11 'holiday.'

[emulatorloo]

3. that's a hell of an op-ed -- thanks for posting

I will be sharing it with those who need to see it.

[highplainsdem]

5. I wish I could have posted all of it.

[lpbk2713]

4. I would love to be the one to whisper in Dubya's ear .....

That classic line, and highly appropriate right now .......


You can BS some of the people all of the time, and you can BS all of the people some of the time, but you sure as hell can't BS all of the people all of the time.

[SuniSurf]

6. ROBYN - GO BABY GO!!

Give them the TRUTH and REAL REALITY! Funny thing though - they can't handle it!

[DavidDvorkin]

7. Blumner is great

The first time I read anything of hers was a column about being an atheist. It was excellent.

[highplainsdem]

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