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Bush's Comparison to Lincoln Based on Delusion, Not History! Email Print

By Bob Kendall
05/15/2007 03:26:58 PM EST

The May 24, 2007 cover of U.S. News & World Report showed a color photo of George Bush with a troubled expression.  A headline in bold white print read BUSH'S LAST STAND followed with this ominous caption, "He's plagued by a hostile Congress, sinking polls, and an unending war, yet he won't budge.  Then in large print this question is asked:  "Is he resolute - or delusional?"

U.S. News & World Report writer Kenneth T. Walsh explained succinctly and with on target accuracy the in depth meaning behind this sensational cover story.

The caption on the page where the story begins reads:  "The president still exudes confidence, but his ship of state is taking on water - fast -a sinking presidency."

The article explains that Bush is now comparing himself to none other than what many historians believe was the greatest of all U.S. presidents -none other than Abraham Lincoln, remembered in Washington now with the magnificent Lincoln Memorial, which is visited by millions every year to pay respect to what Lincoln achieved in the Civil War.  Is this delusional?

Now Bush has taken to not only displaying a large portrait of Lincoln in the oval office, but has compared his own current Iraq War travails to Lincoln's difficulties during the Civil War.  The point he constantly makes is that he is persevering in the midst of Iraq War tragedies in the way that Lincoln persevered during the Civil War.  Is this comparison delusional?

On TV interviews when asked about whom he admired, he has spoken about books he has been reading on George Washington.  How does he in any way compare himself to the founder of the nation remains a mystery.

When the Iraq War began, those who questioned the wisdom of rushing into the Iraq War were hastily compared to those who weren't anxious to rush into World War Two as if there was any legitimate comparison to the genuine reasons for entering World War Two.

One reason for questioning the wisdom of the thought processes might be the way he championed the idea of turning a portion of Social Security funding over to Wall Street tycoons for safe handling of America's senior citizens' retirement funds.  

He charged around to almost 50 locations using up tremendous amounts of gas in Air Force One.  He got the thumbs down at almost every stop.  

Randal Bays of Clinton, Washington in a letter to the editors published May 14 in the Seattle Times, wrote:

"Bush and company, in addition to their well-known crimes of threatening and waging aggressive war, are in the process of altering the very institutions of American democracy.  Impeachment is the legal method to stop them and should be supported by all patriots."

From U.S. News & World Report come words of wisdom from Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, who observed that Bush has compared himself to Harry Truman.  Dean told U.S. News bluntly, "This is delusional - comparing the equivalent of Warren Harding to two of our greatest presidents (the other being Lincoln)."

Robert Dallek, author of "Nixon and Kissinger:  Partners in Power," also minces no words on Bush in his U.S. News & World Report comment:  "He may come across to some people as a man of principle, but a great majority see him as stubborn and unyielding ... and eventually everything he touches turns to dust."

"Everything he touches turns to dust."  What a memorable legacy.


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Is Bush anymore delusional other Americans? (none / 0)
Sometimes, I wonder about that and those "wonderings" are scarier than the idea that we have a real nut-job in the White House. (scratch that...make that a White House full of nut-jobs.)

This article caught my eye, because the topic has dominated my week of political musing. I wrote to a Kiwi friend just yesterday, in response to a concerned query from her: " How scary is it, over there?" She was referring to the events of the last couple of weeks.

I told her that while the revelations of late are a bit scary, perhaps the scariest part is the totally inappropriate affect of Junior, Vice and their crew of cretins. Just to observe these people, one would never guess that anything at all like what is described in your article is actually happening.

Am I imaging that Alberto Gonzales and Andy Card tried to strong-arm a sick man, so that Junior and Vice could continue to spy and data-mine to their dark little dark hearts' content?

Did I dream that the 'commander-guy" is so freakin' out of it that he has to have a war czar, now? Someone else to throw under a bus, as the great unraveling continues and the effort by BushCo to run out the clock continues?

Was I hallucinating the ads with General Batiste and other retired military types, who served in Iraq, telling the whole world that Junior is lying  through his smirk, while decimating our armed forces, in particular the national guard, and leaving the nation in peril?  

Did Admiral Fallon really put the Kibosh on Junior's plans to attempt to goad the Ayatollah into doing something stupid, in the face of 3 U.S. Naval carrier groups making growly noises in the Gulf and starting WWIII.

Are Junior and Vice really as unconcerned as they appear, in the face of one horrible revelation right after the other, about their administration, finally making it onto TeeVee screens everywhere?

Usually, when a person's affect strays this far from what is known to be the case in their lives, either they are delusional or those of us, who are making the observation are.

Maybe over 60 % of Americans are now delusional. Could anyone really blame us?  

When Fascism Comes To America, It Will Come Draped in The Flag and Carrying a Cross.

by winterfire6 on 05/20/2007 08:31:02 PM EST

Thanks Winterfire6 (none / 0)
for a great and timely response.  In describing behavior that a few years ago would prompt disbelief as applied to an American administration and pointing out how many people fail to find it incredible in this day and age is precisely the point I was making.  This is perhaps the most ultimately terrifying element of the whole tragic spectacle of events.  With our wide international readership at Political Cortex your insightful comment will be read by other concerned citizens of the world community.

by Bob Kendall on 05/21/2007 05:42:58 PM EST

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