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May 09, 2004
A WEEK OLD, BUT A CRITICAL MESSAGE
Okay, no one's ever accused me of always being timely in what I write about. But let me tell you -- you get a massive sinus infection that pretty much robs you of your will to live, and we'll see how much you blog!
Anyway, since I am feeling a bit better, I thought I would bring to your attention this George Will column from last Tuesday. Yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking. But as a writer, my respect for good writing goes beyond even my politics, and Will's an articulate and well-written voice even on the numerous occasions when he's wrong. Plus, he owns a baseball team, which automatically gets him something of a waiver in my book.
Anyway, his column here is remarkable for a couple of reasons. For one, it highlights that even conservatives are getting frustrated with this president's utter stupidity. George W. Bush is not a smart man -- in fact, he's only a couple of steps removed from being dropped off at the West Wing every day by the little yellow bus. And even conservatives are no longer willing to mask this fact.
This administration cannot be trusted to govern if it cannot be counted on to think and, having thought, to have second thoughts. Thinking is not the reiteration of bromides...
Thank you, Mr. Will. I knew there was a reason I liked you. Anyway, the second remarkable thing is that this column carefully and very articulately lays out the reasons why conservatives -- true conservatives, not the bible-thumping, cowboy mentality variety -- have had just about enough of the neonconservative "movement" and its dangerous, damaging inability to see anything beyond its own mindset. Neocons are simply unable to think beyond their ideologic dogma (which is as good as not thinking at all), and as a result are often unable to perceive reality. Iraq comes to mind, for example. I quote Mr. Will:
Being steadfast in defense of carefully considered convictions is a virtue. Being blankly incapable of distinguishing cherished hopes from disappointing facts, or of reassessing comforting doctrines in face of contrary evidence, is a crippling political vice.
You know, when Dumbya starts losing the public confidence of leading conservative voices like Will... well, you know he's doing something horribly wrong. I'm proud to say that Mr. Will agrees with me -- that this president and his administration are not that capable of thought, and that this inability is damaging the United States of America.
