From the "Wish I'd Written That" Department comes this beautiful blog entry from Gene Healy about the Webb/Bush affair, and George Will's predictably obtuse take on it.
A sample:
"In any event, by the perverse standards of Washington, Webb was rude. To remind the president that thousands of American soldiers are at risk in a disastrous war that he could not be bothered to carefully research before launching--well, that's just not done, old boy....
"As Will sees it, Bush was right to bristle. You don't have any right to talk to the president like that, even if his near-criminal unseriousness may end up getting your son killed. It's 'patent disrespect for the presidency.'
"Well, this country could do with more 'patent disrespect for the presidency.' It might help keep our presidents tethered to reality. I don't think any of us can really understand how bizarre it is to be president--to be the most powerful man in the world, living behind a military cordon, in a bubble of supplicants and sycophants--and how threatening that would be to one's psychological health."
