[LibertarianLiz]

Being a pessimistic person, by nature, I am surprised at how optimistic I feel after reading this Steyn piece. The man really is a master of words.

[Chemnitz]

Steyn is great, I agree. He misunderestimated W.

One thing struck me in reading about W. He has been portrayed as only a party boy at Yale. Doubtless he had a good time. One observation struck me. He was extremely good at sizing up a person and making hilarious remarks about him. I have never doubted W.'s intelligence. His speaking was once horrible, but he learned fast. His father never did. I think his ability to size up people and say such funny things was an early glimmer of his intuition and intelligence. Someone at the time said he was hiding his intelligence.

Now looking at what W. accomplished in Texas and then just now, he is rapidly becoming a young Reagan, not a Junior bush.

Many strong leaders move on and the opposition takes over in the vacuum. W. moved on and the revolution continued. That is pretty amazing.

[nicmarlo]

. . . I am surprised at how optimistic I feel after reading this Steyn piece. The man really is a master of words.

Isn't he, though. If you haven't yet read, Fighting Back, by Bill Sammon, I highly recommend you do (and everybody else). It is a well-written, cut-to-the-chase, revealing book about President Bush's influence on individuals, about the media's agenda and their lies. Just lots of important things to know about what's going on behind the scenes, so to speak. I just finished it today. (And don't buy it on the Internet, if you decide to purchase it, it doesn't count towards, the best seller list, lol.)