Bush: 'The Wrong Man?' (Robert Parry)

[Octafish]

An excellent overview on the qualifications of the Little Turd from Crawford. Don't let the screen door of history hit you on your red arse, pretzeldunce. — Octafish


Bush: 'The Wrong Man?'

By Robert Parry
July 9, 2003

George W. Bush’s combative exhortation to Iraqi resistance fighters to "bring ‘emon" by launching more attacks against U.S. troops reminded his supporters why they see him as a war-hero president, what former aide and author David Frum dubbed "The Right Man" to lead the nation through post-Sept. 11 hostilities.

But Bush’s tough-guy rhetoric may instead be leading the nation into a maze of dark alleys from which many Americans, especially young soldiers dispatched to a string of conflicts, will never emerge. There is a growing sense that Bush’s life experience of underachieving privilege might make him entirely the wrong man for addressing the complex challenges the nation now faces.

Because of his family connections, Bush has never confronted the physical dangers that come with war, nor even the consequences of personal failure as an executive who’s made bad decisions. His father’s powerful friends have always been there to help, whether keeping Bush out of Vietnam or bailing out his sinking businesses or sparing him from a full vote count in Florida.

Even as a young man, Bush could say one thing and do another. He said he was for the Vietnam War, but accepted a home-side slot in the Texas Air National Guard arranged by his father’s friends. He then appears to have shirked even that duty with still-unanswered questions about why he failed a flight physical and whether he went AWOL for a year.

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http://www.consortiumnews.com/Print/070903a.html

[mwb970]

1. Great article!

Thanks for posting it. The right man/wrong man angle is a new one to me but it really seems so right. The parts about his risk-free life are telling as well. Super!

[bspence]

2. nice one

I'm reading this, and really support the goals of this site. However, I have a really cool article by Alan Moore that I'd like to put up and can't! Any idea how many more posts I need to make before I can throw this up here?

And yes, it's the Alan Moore of Watchmen and From Hell fame. :)

[otohara]

3. Post Away

go for it!

[indepat]

4. He was definitely the very best far hard far-right man for the

job and what a job he has done on America: the proof is unmistakenly in the pudding he and his minions have cooked up for us.