The Bush Tragedy

In my July 24 and September 3, 2007 post "Post-Mortem on the Bush Presidency (Part I and II), I provided my analysis of this failed presidency. There was a book released January 15th, 2008 (today) called "The Bush Tragedy." In my earlier op-eds, it was my struggle to try and understand how this person could be elected president, then re-elected, despite what seemed to a consensus of many of an incompetent leader. "The Bush Tragedy" by Jacob Weisberg ( I have only previewed it) provides a psychological/historical analysis of this president. Weisberg is not a professional psychologist nor a professional historian, but the book it is good and I think will receive fairly good reviews (I venture a guess - a B- review). What strikes me is that some of the ideas and themes I wrote about in the "Post-Mortem" op-eds half a year ago are eerily similar. Weisberg includes research and familiarity with the Bush family- mine was from everyday news listening.

Election 2008, The Times They Are a Changin

I feel vindicated. In my September 3rd, 2007 post (60's,70's again), I simply entered the lyrics of the Bob Dylan song "The Times They Are a Changin." The theme of the 2008 elections started with Barak Obama " CHANGE." Now all the other candidates, democratic and republican are echoing the words.

Unrealistic Hopes for 2008 Revisted

In my December 30th, 2007 blog, I wrote of unrealistic hopes for 2008. Number one was that super tuesday of the primary elections would overturn the Iowa caucus and NH primary results - so these states would have less influence in picking presidential candidates. Since these events are now history, overturning the results on the democratic side on super tuesday would likely have put Joe Biden or Chris Dodd as front runners, but it is not to be, since they dropped out the race. I liked Joe Biden, here is what he said:

"Barack Obama hasn't passed any bills. There's not a major bill I know of with Hillary's name on it. John Edwards has only passed 4 bills. They are all about post offices - I mean, literally."

Aime Casavant