tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post116179705360772659..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: Bush, our vanity robot, speaksRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-1161882419525962262006-10-26T19:06:00.000+02:002006-10-26T19:06:00.000+02:00Brian, I notice Thomas Ricks web Washington Post a...Brian, I notice Thomas Ricks web Washington Post article re the press conference ends with where my post yesterday began:<BR/><BR/>"Under a barrage of sharp questions from reporters, pointing again and again to contradictions and problems in his stance on Iraq, President Bush clung to his most basic line of defense -- his own faith and confidence in his approach. He used the word "believe" 21 times in the course of the hour-long news conference.<BR/><BR/>"I believe that the military strategy we have is going to work, that's what I believe," he said to one reporter."<BR/><BR/>Typically, Ricks puts in a weasel word - his "approach". Such a thin membrane between his "approach" and his "self" - as in, Bush believes in himself, in the name of the Father (he's the Daddy) and the Son (he's the best boy) and the holy spirit (which is the spirit of the mission - he's a man on a mission. He's historic, too. An action figure.)<BR/><BR/>Still, for a true believer like Ricks, to scratch that close to the self-evident requires all the gonads he can muster.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-1161823535752413512006-10-26T02:45:00.000+02:002006-10-26T02:45:00.000+02:00Dude, thanks! my feeling is that the analysis of t...Dude, thanks! my feeling is that the analysis of the deck of cards running the gov is made much easier if one reads novels. The pundits do write novels - such as neocon-lite David Ignatius, a man for whom I have a soft spot that doesn't extend to his fiction. Reading their novels, you can see that the finer distinctions escape them.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-1161809863859358872006-10-25T22:57:00.000+02:002006-10-25T22:57:00.000+02:00roger, I have to say again, "beautiful." I think ...roger, I have to say again, "beautiful." I think your outsiders' perspective allows you to capture so well the underlying reality of modern D.C. Court Society. Bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com