03 June 2008
Subsuming Decisions
I agree with William McGurn’s Main Street column in the June 3, 2008, Wall Street Journal, that President Bush is unwilling to subsume all his decisions to the “permanent campaign.” It is precisely this blindness to public opinion that has led to his low popularity and has aggravated fellow Republican politicians.
What Mr. Bush can be accused of is evangelism—subsuming pursuit of the interests of the country to achievement of an overarching mystical or theological goal. He was elected to serve the country’s interests and not those of a “higher authority.” Confusion over whose ox to gore is also what characterizes the next Republican candidate for the White House.
Scott McClellan didn’t miss the surge. He missed the terrible cost to the country of indulging our President’s stubbornness.
I agree with William McGurn’s Main Street column in the June 3, 2008, Wall Street Journal, that President Bush is unwilling to subsume all his decisions to the “permanent campaign.” It is precisely this blindness to public opinion that has led to his low popularity and has aggravated fellow Republican politicians.
What Mr. Bush can be accused of is evangelism—subsuming pursuit of the interests of the country to achievement of an overarching mystical or theological goal. He was elected to serve the country’s interests and not those of a “higher authority.” Confusion over whose ox to gore is also what characterizes the next Republican candidate for the White House.
Scott McClellan didn’t miss the surge. He missed the terrible cost to the country of indulging our President’s stubbornness.
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