I advance this proposition here - not to tittilate or in any act of blind partisan fury - but to counter the idea that Bush is some kind of super-macho cowboy, takin' names and kickin' butt.
The Bush As Hard Charging Cowboy is an idea that many in Europe believe, with disgust, is what GW is all about.
But --- if Bush is a cowboy it's likely of the Brokeback Mountain variety.
All the "cowboy" type leaders of world history have been macho males, risk-takers who may have on occcasion sought counsel, but never, never, never let some "grey eminence" behind the scenes do thier thinking and acting for them.
Can anyone who knows even a lttle history imagine for a second that Alexander, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, would have some pompous sh-tass like a Cheney pulling the strings behind the curtains?
Or worship the military leader of another country like an adolescent girl nursing her first crush?
Or running around like a imbecile child, affirming "I'm the Decider?"
Saturday Night Live once did a skit which had GW sitting in Cheney's lap, being praised and schooled, as Svengali would school and hypnotize the delicate songstress Trilby.
After the Iraq war commenced Congress wanted to call Bush t to testify before them, as to the accuracy of the information he'd been peddling regarding Iraq's WMDs.
Georgie asked them if he could bring Cheney along with him.
Ths is the Wild Cowboy? The Bullrusher? The Decider?
Unlike his opponent in '04, who did serve in Vietnam combat evn tho he had the connections to get a deferment, GW became an unofficial draft dodger, getting a soft assignment in the then largely non-combative Nat'l Guard, and compounding the deed by failing to show at some meetings.
Bush, tho, seems very impressed by men of action. True "deciders" . . .
Several reports on his first trip to Israel indicate that he spent a lot of time, alone, in the company of war hero (and war criminal) Ariel Sharon, then the leader of Israel.
And was in awe of the great general. Swept off his feet, so to speak. 4000+ plus U.S. dead, several hundred thou Iraqis, a near runaway inflation and a mountainous national debt ---- because our cowgirl president had a man-crush on a Jewish general?
Schwatzeneggar once called some of his political opponents "girly-men."
GWB surely must also qualify for that designation. The posturing in a bomber jacket on the deck of the ship and declaring, like the conquering heroes he so admired, "mission accomplished."
A girly-man's dream come true.
From real men, like the fighting general (and compulsive ladies man) George Washington; and Hamilton, another lady-killer who could have easily refused the Burr duel, but choose to face death rather than stain his honor; Jefferson; Franklin . . .
Men. Or mensch, as those who speak yiddish would say. Pillars of manliness and virtue.
To this preposterous walking and breathing insult to those heroes of our national founding.
A frikkin' girly-man, heart fluttering like a fruitcake in the presence of men of action, even if not of this land,
A bad chapter in our history? Or something deeper, a glimpse into the debacles to come? The opening chapter of The Fall of the American Empire - a Cowboy Girly-Man is Twice Elected President.
The Bush As Hard Charging Cowboy is an idea that many in Europe believe, with disgust, is what GW is all about.
But --- if Bush is a cowboy it's likely of the Brokeback Mountain variety.
All the "cowboy" type leaders of world history have been macho males, risk-takers who may have on occcasion sought counsel, but never, never, never let some "grey eminence" behind the scenes do thier thinking and acting for them.
Can anyone who knows even a lttle history imagine for a second that Alexander, Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, would have some pompous sh-tass like a Cheney pulling the strings behind the curtains?
Or worship the military leader of another country like an adolescent girl nursing her first crush?
Or running around like a imbecile child, affirming "I'm the Decider?"
Saturday Night Live once did a skit which had GW sitting in Cheney's lap, being praised and schooled, as Svengali would school and hypnotize the delicate songstress Trilby.
After the Iraq war commenced Congress wanted to call Bush t to testify before them, as to the accuracy of the information he'd been peddling regarding Iraq's WMDs.
Georgie asked them if he could bring Cheney along with him.
Ths is the Wild Cowboy? The Bullrusher? The Decider?
Unlike his opponent in '04, who did serve in Vietnam combat evn tho he had the connections to get a deferment, GW became an unofficial draft dodger, getting a soft assignment in the then largely non-combative Nat'l Guard, and compounding the deed by failing to show at some meetings.
Bush, tho, seems very impressed by men of action. True "deciders" . . .
Several reports on his first trip to Israel indicate that he spent a lot of time, alone, in the company of war hero (and war criminal) Ariel Sharon, then the leader of Israel.
And was in awe of the great general. Swept off his feet, so to speak. 4000+ plus U.S. dead, several hundred thou Iraqis, a near runaway inflation and a mountainous national debt ---- because our cowgirl president had a man-crush on a Jewish general?
Schwatzeneggar once called some of his political opponents "girly-men."
GWB surely must also qualify for that designation. The posturing in a bomber jacket on the deck of the ship and declaring, like the conquering heroes he so admired, "mission accomplished."
A girly-man's dream come true.
From real men, like the fighting general (and compulsive ladies man) George Washington; and Hamilton, another lady-killer who could have easily refused the Burr duel, but choose to face death rather than stain his honor; Jefferson; Franklin . . .
Men. Or mensch, as those who speak yiddish would say. Pillars of manliness and virtue.
To this preposterous walking and breathing insult to those heroes of our national founding.
A frikkin' girly-man, heart fluttering like a fruitcake in the presence of men of action, even if not of this land,
A bad chapter in our history? Or something deeper, a glimpse into the debacles to come? The opening chapter of The Fall of the American Empire - a Cowboy Girly-Man is Twice Elected President.
