[conservatism_IS_compassion]

You folks just can?t get over the fact that Bush is unsophisticated. You dug yourselves a mighty deep hole in the ground. I understand the dilemma. If you change your mind on Iraq now, it raises an awkward question. How could a dumb guy like Bush figure it out before the smart set? This is a good time to remember the First Rule of Holes. When you?re in one, stop digging.

Ah, yes! Dumb like the man who wrote more than any other 20th Century president--Ronald Reagan.

[BohDaThone]

Reagan's hundreds of self-written speeches and columns certainly qualify as a LOT of writing (and damn good!), but he wouldn't top Teddy Roosevelt for sheer volume ( c. 20 books, including massive multi-volume biographies), and probably not Woodrow Wilson (Government professor, after all)-- but Wilson's quality wasn't so hot.