Dubya and the Amazing, Spreadable...Democracy Technicolor Dreamcoat

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Dubya and the Amazing, Spreadable, Wilsonian Crusade for Democracy Technicolor Dreamcoat

A Roundup of the Town Hall Reviews About Bush's Thursday Speechifying

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"Same Man, Different President," Jeff Jacoby

Opening line: What a difference a day made. (No, not inauguration day, sillies. That other day, the one that changed everything.)

Headache-inducing thesis: "Political life is meaner and more bitter than ever," the Iraq war is "increasingly unpopular," and "there is no end of stormy weather over his aggressive goals and style -- but Bush's optimism is "priceless."

Unfortunate use of the "c" word: The nonideological, can't-we-all-get-along slacker of 2000 has been replaced by an intense, uncompromising, undiplomatic hawk…. the nation's crusader-in-chief.

Asinine quote: His overall approval rating is only 52 percent, the lowest of any postwar president except Nixon. And yet six in 10 Americans -- significantly more than the number who voted for him -- say they feel hopeful about the next four years. Why?

Rebuttal: Why indeed.

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