Dowd: The Politics of Self Pity (It's not MY fault."

[kskiska]

(snip)

So it comes as something of a disappointment that the leader of the Republican Party, the man who epitomizes the conservative ideal, is playing the victim. President Bush has made the theme of his re-election campaign a whiny "not my fault."

His ads, pilloried for the crass use of the images of a flag-draped body carried from ground zero and an Arab-looking everyman with the message, "We can fight against terrorists," actually have a more fundamental problem. They try to push off blame for anything that's gone wrong during Mr. Bush's tenure on bigger forces, supposedly beyond his control.

One ad cites "an economy in recession. A stock market in decline. A dot-com boom gone bust. Then a day of tragedy. A test for all Americans."

Mr. Bush's subtext is clear: If it weren't for all these awful things that happened, most of them hangovers from the Clinton era, I definitely could have fulfilled all my promises. I'm still great, but none of my programs worked because, well, stuff happens."

(snip)

Mr. Bush has been in office over three years. It's time to start accepting some responsibility.

Republicans have a bad habit of laying down rules for other people to follow while excluding themselves. Look how they beat up Bill Clinton for messing around with a young woman, while many top Republicans were doing the very same thing.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/14/opinion/14DOWD.html?hp

[Faygo Kid]

1. Thank you, Mo Dowd. Geez, when will America wake up?

Many posts to come on this theme - all legitimate, and some from me. That tiny wealth fraction that is able to boost this illegitimate, disinterested, ignorant and dangerous excuse for a president has got to think this is all pretty funny - as they meet with Diebold, and read the riot act to Republican secretaries of state around the Union. Thanks for the post.

[Rowdyboy]

2. Ms Dowd nails this one

It is time for Bush* to begin taking responsibility.

[NNadir]

3. This is something for Dowd. Usually she whines about fashion sense.

For someone of her calibre to actually care about issues more than make-up is quite a turn around.

I guess she got bored from her musings about the important things: Whether John Kerry uses Botox.

[Skittles]

4. maybe the whore realizes she has blood on her hands

:puke:

[Miss Authoritiva]

5. Flighty as all-get-out, but thanks

A good Bush-bashing is a good Bush-bashing. But Ms Dowd is nothing if not fickle (well, it does help to fill up those column inches). She'll probably change her mind next week.

[Paradise]

6. public apology

for, inadvertently, re-posting but was overexcited at my first mainstream press sighting of bush-bashing .:crazy: