Bookworm on Jul 29 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Congress
I was out this morning getting my oil changed — and learning that it will cost almost $2,000 to fix my car from its recent run-in with a low post. When I got home, I found an interesting message on my answering machine.
It’s the recorded voice of Dennis Kucinich begging me to “Press 1 now” [...]
Bookworm on Jul 25 2008 | Filed under: Bush Derangement Syndrome, Congress, Democrats
After seeing the insanity unfold before his eyes, a visiting law professor felt compelled to say this:
“I am really astonished at the mood in this room,” commented one witness, George Mason University School of Law professor Jeremy Rabkin.
“The tone of these deliberations is slightly demented,” Rabkin said. “You should all remind yourselves that the rest [...]
Bookworm on Apr 16 2008 | Filed under: Bush Derangement Syndrome, Education
Yesterday, Drudge had a headline that said something along the lines of: “98% of historians judge Bush’s presidency a failure.” I didn’t bother to check out the article. It didn’t matter to me whether someone polled 10 historians or 1000. I still knew with pretty good certainty a few underlying facts: if they’re historians for [...]
Bookworm on Apr 11 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Bush Derangement Syndrome, Congress, Democrats
Michael Yon, who appropriately boasts that he is probably the most experienced reporter in Iraq, reminds us that Congress must stop obsessing about the past in Iraq and must approach Iraq as a winnable situation. He begins by detailing the enormous strides — both practical and “hearts and mind” stuff — that Americans have [...]
Bookworm on Apr 06 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Bush Derangement Syndrome, John McCain
It’s becoming increasingly clear that John McCain is going to have to cope with something I call PT-BDS — or Post Traumatic Bush Derangement Syndrome. Let me explain and, as is so often the case with my explanations, let me start with a personal anecdote.
I’m visiting with the in-laws right now (hence the sporadic [...]
Bookworm on Apr 03 2008 | Filed under: Anti-war, Barack Obama, Bush Derangement Syndrome, John McCain, Vietnam
While I worked on an appellate brief last night, Mr. Bookworm watched Frontline’s Bush’s War. I was not surprised to learn that it characterized the Bush administration as not only profoundly stupid, but also deviously Machiavellian, with Bush in charge, except that he’s so stupid that he is actually manipulated by the evil Cheney. [...]
Bookworm on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: Bush Derangement Syndrome
Over at the Paragraph Farmer, you can read an almost lyrical article examining the way in which Progressives desperately needed George Bush to give meaning and shape to their lives, and get a sense of the problems they’ll have when, as will inevitably happen in 2009, he leaves the political scene. Here’s just a sample [...]
Bookworm on Mar 18 2008 | Filed under: BBC, Britain, Bush Derangement Syndrome, England
I watched a pretty good movie last night, that was very pro-military; that showed the Iraqi military as being inefficient; and that showed Iraqis as being unbelievably brutal, both in terms of mob violence and in terms of the military’s and the secret police’s capacity for sadistic torture. Surprisingly, it was made by the BBC.
Okay, [...]
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