Thursday, January 15, 2009

Reaction to the Bush Farewell



I would've recommended more confetti. You can watch the whole thing here.

Matthews responds above with rare articulate insight about the failed neoconservative philosophy and its consequences.

My gut reaction was why do this in the first place if not to force your way into history; to desperately grab at some iota of control over the narrative that he must now see is so ardently turned against him. His feeble attempts at citing "good things" his Presidency achieves reminds me of dealing with former student's who plagiarized papers but point to the accuracy of the spelling of their name.

Near the end of the address, Bush trots out "heroes" to cite their good deeds. Again, the message is: "you may not like me, but c'mon, if it weren't for Iraq, this hero wouldn't exist. If it weren't for my abysmal mismanagement of Katrina, this guy wouldn't've been able to open that school!"

How grateful I am to have these daily comparisons between old and new. Eric Holder's confirmation hearings today only strengthened the integrity and intelligence of those coming to govern while these pathetic appearances reinforce the atrocious incompetence of the leaving.


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