Reply #8: get another message from God

[Lexingtonian]

It's sort of sad, but his whole political/religious 'personality' emanates from a half a lifetime of covering up his epilepsy and manipulating people into not seeing it there.

He will go down as the John Bell Hood of his cause- willing to fight, able to see tactical opportunity, grasper at any and all advantages, fiery and prone to intrigue and bluff and lies, but logistically and strategically inferior throughout. Put to the test, not of enough stature or insight. Kerry is his Sherman- a better gambler, a strategic planner and trap artist, dispassionate, a delegator to generals who were tactically good, a man with acute insight on what needed to be done to win the war (rather than mere battles) and very rapid to follow through.

There is nothing for Bush to do that he wants to do- all he was ever good at was selfimportant speeches. Look at his old man- also an idler, really, who lives on the links. These are not people who will work for Habitat for Humanity, or be peace envoys, or UN Secretary General, or anything else. 'Public service', fat chance. They want their share of the loot from Halliburton or whoever else of their Dallas gang owes them and are going to hit the Jack Daniels hard and tip over some golf carts.