Bush the melting
07/01/05
Pride may goeth before the fall, but with politicians like George W. Bush, far too much time separates the pride part from the fall part. The damage that he has wrought in this country and the world goes beyond accurate enumeration -- most of it made possible because he has been able to use 9-11 as his grand excuse to pose as God's sword to smite his political enemies at home and abroad. He should have slunk away after 9-11, having failed miserably in his primary duty, but instead he used a crisis for personal and governmental aggrandizement. That's the pride part. Now, however, his fortunes have changed dramatically -- with the fall part finally kicking in. Many of us remember that Clinton was highly unpopular -- in fact, I recall sensing that he was the most hated president of my lifetime. Well, his highest disapproval rating in his two terms was 33 percent. I can recall feeling buoyed by the knowledge that fully one-third of the public hated the president. But now look at the newest ABC News poll: Bush's disapproval rating is 51 percent -- not nearly as high as it should be, but enough to give any freedom lover a lift...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/bush-melting.html
from LewRockwell.Com, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Pride may goeth before the fall, but with politicians like George W. Bush, far too much time separates the pride part from the fall part. The damage that he has wrought in this country and the world goes beyond accurate enumeration -- most of it made possible because he has been able to use 9-11 as his grand excuse to pose as God's sword to smite his political enemies at home and abroad. He should have slunk away after 9-11, having failed miserably in his primary duty, but instead he used a crisis for personal and governmental aggrandizement. That's the pride part. Now, however, his fortunes have changed dramatically -- with the fall part finally kicking in. Many of us remember that Clinton was highly unpopular -- in fact, I recall sensing that he was the most hated president of my lifetime. Well, his highest disapproval rating in his two terms was 33 percent. I can recall feeling buoyed by the knowledge that fully one-third of the public hated the president. But now look at the newest ABC News poll: Bush's disapproval rating is 51 percent -- not nearly as high as it should be, but enough to give any freedom lover a lift...
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/bush-melting.html
from LewRockwell.Com, by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 1. Jul, 11:44
