H. Meyerson: 'President in a bubble'

[dand]

"I have no outside advice" in the war on terrorism, President Bush told bob Woodward December of 2001. "Anybody who says they're an outside adviser on this matter is not telling the truth. first of all , in the initial phase of the war, I never left the compound. Nor did anybody come in the compound. I was, you talk about one guy in a bubble."
Indeed. By every available indication, George Bush's is the most inside the bubble presidency in modern American history. It's not just that his campaign operatives exclude all but the true believers from his rallies, or that Bush, by the evidence of his debate performances, has grown unaccustomed to criticism.

Terrifying read.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46554-2004Oct19.html

[izzie]

1. I can see it may happen

It is not the first time in history a man who led thinks he is right and hears no one else, brings his country down, with the help of those who wish to believe him.At 70 I can tell you it has happened in my time along with the history we can read in any history book. It is scary.But also it does seem that a great many people want it to happen.