Reply #7: by the way, was anybody else a bit weirded out ...

[Lisa]

... by some of the parallels between Sgt. Shaw and George W. Bush?

--packaged as a "war hero"
--rushed out and hastily married someone who may not have been compatible (again, in order to appear "respectable" when he first ran for Congress?)
--very close to mother and learned many of his attitudes from her
--moves in elite circles, when you look behind the scenes, the way he treats people is rather coarse and unpleasant (e.g. the "please don't kill me" episode reported by Tucker Carlson)