Alan Bisbort wrote a scathing piece published today at AMPOL. Here is a snip:
"I think it is now safe to say that no American president has ever been as small a human being as George W. Bush. Historians can, and will, chew over his nearly seamless series of failures and poor decisions and right-wing pandering for many years. But psychologists and humanists will simply nod their heads in dismay and wonder how this great nation could have been, for eight years, under the thumb of such a lost soul, such a lout. What must life be like under his skin? What happened to this man's conscience, his heart, his mind? It must be horrible to be so distant from real emotion and feelings, to be so cluelessly mean-spirited."
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"It was inexcusable, then, when Bush told reporters the next day that he would not meet with Cindy Sheehan because "It's important for me to go on with my life." This little man, who is incapable of even faking humility, compassion, or self-doubt, who has pathologically dodged responsibility for his actions all of his life, then said, "I think the people want the president to be in a position to make good, crisp decisions and to stay healthy, and part of my being
is to be outside exercising."
This adolescent sentiment -- which amounted to telling the grieving mother to "Git over it, bitch, and git yore ass back to Californy" -- was said just prior to his going on another manic, Pee Wee Herman-like bike ride on his ranch rather than take five minutes to go down the road to speak with Sheehan. On the same day, he had scheduled other more important things, as well, such as viewing a Little League Baseball playoff game, having lunch with Condi Rice, a nap, 'some fishing and some reading.'"
I did not pull the best stuff out. IMO, it comes near the end.
http://www.americanpolitics.com/20050816Bisbort.html
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