Speaking to the American Legion Convention yesterday in Salt Lake City, George W. Bush said this:
On one side are those who believe in the values of freedom and moderation — the right of all people to speak, and worship, and live in liberty. And on the other side are those driven by the values of tyranny and extremism — the right of a self-appointed few to impose their fanatical views on all the rest.
I’m no fan of Mr. Bush, but this is one of the most forthright and incisive descriptions of this country’s current political environment that I’ve heard from anyone. For the first time, Bush acknowledges — what? Are you sure about that?
I’m sorry. My mistake. He — he was talking about the U.S. vs. the terrorists. The terrorists are the “self-appointed few,” see, and Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and that lot are the “freedom and moderation” guys. Seriously. Now, I can see the terrorist part — the guys who want to impose fundamentalist religious governments, with themselves saying what God’s will really is — that part totally works. But the other part? It seems to help if you squint a little and look at it really quickly out the corner of your eye.
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