| The rest of us realize that Bush is a tool who we're only going to have to put up with for another year. |
You get credit for the realization that Pres. Bush is only going to be around another year. That's far more than some have done.
I continue to be amazed at the fascination that one individual here has with all things Bush related. That last person I knew that was that bush obscessed was obscessed with a totally different type of bush (actually two totally different types of bushes if you will, one of the mary jane variety, and another of a totally different type of Mary Jane variety).
Honestly though, even most Bush haters would have to admit that things have been going President Bush's way quite a bit lately. Some would try to give credit to others, or totally denigrate the President's efforts by saying that 'well, if it wasn't for the Democrats it would be far worse....' or 'it would be much better if someone else was leading...' but would it really?
The point of the article (and the ones that proceeded, which were not intended to be spam) is that people give too much credit and too much blame to the guy at the top, and that applies not just to the Presidency of the United States, but also to business (which I recall also included some also recent discussion where someone with socialist leanings complained about how CEOs were overpaid, such as in replies in this article here: You Can't Balance the Budget By Increasing Social Spending)
Is one guy really the anti-Christ or the superman that does it all? No. What happens in Washington (especially) is the result of hundreds, if not thousands (by the time you count all of the behind the scenese people), of people coming together to get things done. All bring something to the plan, and all make little changes along the way. The President comments in various ways that he can't accept this or that, the Congress responds that they can't accept this or that, and eventually we get a compromise solution and normally we get the better solution because of that.
When there's a veto-proof majority or filibuster-proof majority in control things get more dicey as we tend to have the majority ruling and ramming things down the throat of the minority. Again, a bad thing (and something else that was talked about in some recent articles here: It's Not Always What the "Majority" Wants)
In reality, I have to honestly say I realize that of course President Bush didn't do all of the things I mention aboved, nor should he get credit for all of them, but for that to be the case, he certainly shouldn't be blamed for all of society's ills either (or be called a Scrooge, or be spoken about as if he should never have been born. Heck, if we are going to talk about people we wish were never born, I have a few suggestions....)
