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Campaign Journal I called President Bush and asked him, “What does being a successful politician mean to you?” He said that being a successful politician meant going to work with an air of confidence and leaving with a sense of accomplishment. That it meant attention to detail and people skills. That it meant giving 110% even when he had a hangover that would kill a mammal five times his body weight. It meant not openly scowling at homosexuals, “welfare bums,” atheist heathens, pro-choicers, immigrants and anyone from Hollywood. It also meant keeping up appearances and leaving his chemical dependency at home with his wife… where they both belong. It also meant quashing any twinges of latent homosexuality. It meant not rocking the conservative boat. It meant spending weekends with Dick and Don. It meant letting Arab oil kings order him around. It meant unilateral decisions, cocksure arrogance, and complete indifference to the millions of people who have lost their jobs. It meant being on record as not approving of smear campaigns but loving them anyway. It meant using the word “evil” repeatedly. It meant building the biggest deficit in American history –- and laughing about it with his rich buddies. It meant getting a country into a war for his own personal reasons. It meant venting his internal rage on the economy, the environment, and the squash court, rather than on his family or party. Because, hey, people look up to him.Sept 5 / 2004 |
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