Some time in the latter half of the century before the last, (can you imagine for a person of my age how difficult it is to make that adjustment?)a Texas ranger arrived by train at a town which had summoned the Rangers because there was a riot in progress. The righteous town fathers, desperate, asked, "you mean, there is but one of you?" The Ranger, stepping off the train, inquired, "is'r but one riot,?
Your responses and insights into Bush in this thread and others are excellent.
I noted at the beginning of Novak’s piece that he was interested in a particular person that Bush had inexplicably named to a high office, interested in why he would do so. Now, I have been wondering this all along, not just about Townsend, but about a host of people. To wit: why did Bush keep a host of clintonoids in power and also, why did he place people who he had to know were hostile to him in paces of real power?
As Suzy Quzy asked, has this guy got a serious death wish?
The reason I ask this of you, is that in your analysis of Bush governing from a Christian perspective you posit that he promotes from the perspective of the nominee’s “heart” or profession of Christian beliefs? If this is his lone criteria for promotion... Yeesh!
I have come to view Bush as a bigger and bigger fool these last few years for a number of reasons. Among them is his pattern of placing trust in those who are utterly undeserving of it, and then, upon the inevitable betrayal, continuing to trust the individual involved.
Why would he do this? He seems to have some small amount of smarts, but is absolutely clueles in important areas. Such foolishness cannot be attributed to religion alone. What is it that keeps Bush blind to basic facts about people?