"The man with the notoriously questionable National Guard record has been all over TV today [Nov. 11, Veterans Day] talking about his war hero Dad (and being allowed to shamelessly pimp his family as the Romanov Dynasty of America.) He said a lot of things that reminded me of what a nasty piece of work he is underneath his genial goofball act. But courtesy of Wavy Mcgrady, I see I missed the best George W. Bush quote in a very long time. And it's not even illiterate --- just ridiculous:
"SCHIEFFER: When former first lady Laura Bush joined us we turned back to the possibility of a Bush 45. So let's talk about the Bush dynasty here. Your mom says there have been enough Bushes running for President. What do you-- what do you two think about that?
"L'IL BUSH: Sometimes her prognostications haven't been very accurate. And no, no, I think you have to earn your way into politics. I don't think anything is ever given to you.
"Yes. He actually said that."
The sad thing is that Georgie W. probably does think that he earned his way into politics and that nothing was given to him. In fact, all he brought to it though was the affable front man puppet. Powerful other forces, wealthy family backers, and Jim Baker and Karl Rove above all, opened the doors for him.
The one backbone-requiring thing he did was late in his presidency, when he finally stopped taking orders from Dick Cheney and asserted his authority over Cheney's wheedlings about a pardon for Scooter Libby.
Ralph
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