Anodyne
Thursday, April 15, 2004
 
Michael D. Swaine, letter to the editor, New York Times:

On Tuesday night, the president offered what he has offered in the past when much is on the line: a carefully crafted speech designed to appeal to the most basic emotions, not reason or logic; a total unwillingness to contemplate error or to recognize that events have not proceeded as expected and thus require a change in strategy; and a rambling, unintelligent handling of unscripted but obvious questions that undermines confidence in his ability.

It is unnerving to watch an American president's expression turn blank in response to a question as his mind gropes for a scintilla of an idea other than the bumper-sticker phrases that seem to constitute the only thoughts he can muster.
- posted by cjb @ 9:42 AM


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