i can see the light…and you can’t

May 27, 2007

I don’t much care who you are, but when you start to think that only you can see the “truth,” you begin to lead down a dangerous path. Whether it’s a youth program, bible study, candy bar fundraiser or running the most powerful country in the free world, omniscience just isn’t an attractive human quality. At least if you want to appear one howl shy of a raving lunatic.

At a news conference in the Rose Garden this morning, President Bush seemed to acknowledge the erosion of public support for his administration’s policy in Iraq, even as he defended the policy. “Failure in Iraq affects the security of this country,” he said. “And it’s hard for some Americans to see that. I fully understand it. I see it clearly.”

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