Giving Bushco advice which does not aggrandize executive power and increase authoritarianism is a fool's errand.
Ford, for all his weaknesses, was from another political party altogether. That party is now long dead and buried; Ford outlived it by decades.
And one might as well urge multilateral diplomacy upon Stalin as upon Deadeye Dick.
Posted by euzoius at December 27, 2006 02:15 PMHirsh is usually a good writer, but his premise here is completely flawed.
George Bush is much like the ancient Neanderthals that roamed the earth, but unable to change and adapt, this inability marked them for extinction.
Bush can no more be expected to change and evolve than could the Neanderthals. He's an evolutionary victim, trapped between two distinct species.
Posted by Christopher at December 27, 2006 02:43 PMYeah, Bush proves the theory 'survival of the fittest' incorrect.
Posted by Judith at December 27, 2006 03:08 PMFord, for all his weaknesses, was from another political party altogether. That party is now long dead and buried; Ford outlived it by decades.
Yes. He was pro-choice and liberal in comparison to the chimp. Some of the commentary this afternoon (MSNBC) revealed that he wasn't pleased with the policies and ideologies of today's Republican Party.
Posted by at December 27, 2006 03:09 PMAny article putting "Bush" and "learn" in the same phrase is written by an idiot.
Posted by Flamethrower at December 27, 2006 03:18 PMAny article putting "Bush" and "learn" in the same phrase is written by an idiot.
LOL!
Posted by Christopher at December 27, 2006 03:20 PMTweety on Hardball today: "I wish he hadn't" (pardoned Nixon) "I thought the pardon was wrong because the American people wanted the information about why a president had failed. Richard Nixon had never told the people."
So far Tweety is the only one I have heard that isn't towing the "pardon was the best thing for the country, America couldn't handle the truth," corporate line.
I can't stand Tweety a little bit less today.
Posted by TIKI AL at December 27, 2006 03:32 PMIn relative terms, Bush is Jethro Bodine.
I'm sorry Steve, Jethro Bodine sometimes had a "King Midas" touch.
bu$h is "King Midas in Reverse".
Has Michael Hersh been living in a shell somewhere?
Posted by Judith at December 27, 2006 07:03 PMIn relative terms, Bush is Jethro Bodine.
Jethro had great humanity, a huge heart, and did eveything he could to care for those he loved. Who can forget when Jethro wanted to be a leading man in the movies? Beef Jerky was a hell of a stage name! Or his sold steel suit when he wanted to be a double-naught spy?
The Mad King, idiot son of George, is a few steps below Jethro on the evolutonary ladder. He is a bit more like Hitler, only with the arrogance of Mussolini and the competence of Chief Inspector Clouseau asking a man with a monkey "Do you have a lee-sonse?"
Posted by phidipides at December 27, 2006 09:35 PM"pardon was the best thing for the country, America couldn't handle the truth,"
Wait until president Condi pardons Dumb and Dumber! Now there's a truth no one in America could handle! Oops, Pat Robertson and James Dobson would be praising the Lord for it.
Posted by tempus at December 28, 2006 07:36 AM