I Take Issue: Moral Bankruptcy
I take issue with President Bush's claim from a couple of years back that he had won "political capital."
What was he talking about? First of all, he barely won the election. Where does he get off displaying that kind of arrogance? Exactly what has he done with any capital, real or imagined, that he had? Waged an unpopular and unsuccessful war that he keeps praising even while most of us stand with our mouths agape, in pure astonishment of the administration's denial of reality.
Let me tell you about political capital, Mr. Bush. Winning World War II and coming to occupied Europe's rescue was political capital that we earned, and we've spent every last penny of it. perhaps the fall of communism won us a bit of political capital, too.
We are long overdue for some more political capital, since we are mortgaged hundreds of times over in that area, and are as morally bankrupt (and illegitimate in the eyes of the world) as we are in debt.
No, Mr. President. Review your notes from business school, if you took any, and realize that barely squeaking past in a hotly contested election amid considerable rancor from the international community does not qualify as "political capital." Ask President Eisenhower about political capital. He's the last president who won us any.
What was he talking about? First of all, he barely won the election. Where does he get off displaying that kind of arrogance? Exactly what has he done with any capital, real or imagined, that he had? Waged an unpopular and unsuccessful war that he keeps praising even while most of us stand with our mouths agape, in pure astonishment of the administration's denial of reality.
Let me tell you about political capital, Mr. Bush. Winning World War II and coming to occupied Europe's rescue was political capital that we earned, and we've spent every last penny of it. perhaps the fall of communism won us a bit of political capital, too.
We are long overdue for some more political capital, since we are mortgaged hundreds of times over in that area, and are as morally bankrupt (and illegitimate in the eyes of the world) as we are in debt.
No, Mr. President. Review your notes from business school, if you took any, and realize that barely squeaking past in a hotly contested election amid considerable rancor from the international community does not qualify as "political capital." Ask President Eisenhower about political capital. He's the last president who won us any.
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