Bush`s legacy......mandatory sacrifice, here and abroad.

[democrank]

The ease with which George W. Bush floated through his life hangs in stark contrast to the sacrifice he mandates for citizens below his station. If you`re one who was given a baseball team, an oil company, a guaranteed ticket out of combat, a no-sweat college diploma and the presidency of the United States, you can understand Bush`s attitude that sacrifice is something left to others. What else explains that brief plane ride over a drowning New Orleans or the recent several-week Decide-A-Thon as soldiers were dying in Iraq?

A brief overview of Bush`s policies shows utter disregard for the lives and value of ordinary citizens. It`s as though regular folks are mere props in some kit Bush was given. There`s a Decider Room somewhere in the White House where plastic figures are moved around on a big mat. "These jobs can go, these kids can live in their parent`s car, this unit can go back to Iraq." The end results of Bush`s policies are irrelevant. What matters is the selling of the idea and if that fails, the coordinating signing statement.

Now that a majority understands they`ve been had, I wonder if they`ll exact a penalty? Will they tire of their oversight duties and go back to sleep or rip the robe off the emperor? The decision will be very telling.