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December 20, 2006

Department of the Madness of King George

by AltHippo @ 6:51 pm. Filed under Uncategorized

I saw this excerpt of the Bush press conference on the Huffington Post:

I’m going to work hard. I’m going to sprint to the finish. And we can get a lot done.

And you’re talking about legacy. Here, I - I know - look, everybody’s trying to write the history of this administration even before it’s over. I’m reading about George Washington still.

What to make out of this?

My first thought was: does Bush in his private hours compare himself to the great men of history? Does he see himself as an equal among them, or at least believe he won’t come out too badly in the final analysis?

Another possibility is that this comes out of defiance towards the press. In this light, he’s saying: I don’t really care what you think about me. I’m more like George Washington than you’ll ever be because I’m president.

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