No Job for Mr. Nice Guy
24th June 2008
Anne Applebaum is almost as dyspeptic as John Derbyshire. I didn’t think it was possible.
In its wisdom, the American nation has devised a presidential election system that actively selects for egotistical megalomaniacs: You simply cannot enter the White House if you aren’t one.
Unfortunately, George W Bush is the counter-example who refutes that position; only a clueless paranoid would believe that Bush is a megalomaniac. (Granted, we’ve got a lot of clueless paranoids in this country, nevertheless the observation stands.) Actually, that’s one of his deepest character flaws — as President. If he weren’t such a soft-hearted guy, the country would be in much better shape.