From today's LTTE section of the New York Times

[ceebeegee]

President Bush opposed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Then he supported it. President Bush opposed the creation of an independent 9/11 commission. Then he supported it.

During the election of 2000, Mr. Bush opposed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill, denounced nation-building and said gay marriage was an issue to be decided by the states. This was before he signed McCain-Feingold into law, invaded Iraq and called for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

It is time for the media to stop propagating the myth that John Kerry is a morally equivocal flip-flopper while excusing the president's reversals as mere political pragmatism.

And even better:

In "All Things to All People," David Brooks writes, "There were so many military men at the Democratic convention I almost expected John Kerry to mount the stage in full body armor and recite the war speech from 'Henry V.' "

That indeed would have looked foolish, not anything like landing on an aircraft carrier in a jump suit under a banner declaring "Mission Accomplished."

Beautiful.

And might I add, it looks especially foolish from a man who never actually, you know, fought for his country.

Comments

Re: Bush as Secret Agent

[psychowoof.livejournal.com]

I am not kidding!

Go check it out (http://us.gq.com/features/).

Re: Bush as Secret Agent

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

An amusing piece. Clearly intended as satire.

Re: Bush as Secret Agent

[psychowoof.livejournal.com]

That was my impression (and deep hope) - however, it is written too straightly. Also, given the intelligence level of many GQ readers, I think satire might be lost on them.

Re: Bush as Secret Agent

[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

It's hardly subtle, at least once you get past the first page. Then again, anyone dumb enough to believe it is probably too dumb to read much farther than the first page, so perhaps you have a point.