Just a short entry today wondering whether everyone would agree that President Bush has the wrong type of compassion.
Did it surprise anyone that he did away with the prison sentence for former Cheney aide Scooter Libby? Bush's words were that the penalty was too severe, too harsh, undeserved. He says he may even issue a full pardon for Libby, which basically says according to the government, you've done nothing wrong.
See the late Richard Nixon for an example.
Bush has gone far enough with the abuse of power and his "timely" use of executive privledge. I know his oft-mentioned, off-the-cuff comment of "this job would be a lot easier... if I was the dictator" was only that: off-the-cuff. It's reality, I think.
Sometimes I wonder if the president has all his marbles. I won't be afraid to admit I was hospitalized in 2005 having lost some marbles -- but even under the influence of the most direct and intense training I received there, I would have been able to point out the wrongdoing.
Sports players need to take drug screens. Grade-school teachers are well-served with child psychology courses. Government officials have to pass multi-year background checks.
What physical, emotional and mental aptitude tests did this man need to pass, or even take?
One reason I would never go for the top office in the land is the simplest: Everyone's history is examined and everyone's skeletons are either dusted off or made up. The pundits would shout, "Kevin, what's this 2005 hospitalization all about?? There's no WAY you would ever be fit for office! What if you suffer a relapse during a time of national crisis?" I can tell you that's what would happen without even having run for a council seat before.
You have to allow for errors, given the president's military history and the documents which caused Dan Rather an unplanned retirement. Maybe his own gut executive privledge got him through those rough spots.
But is he really ALL there? All we have is the track record, and that, in fact, should speak for itself.
