George W. Bush flew to Colorado yesterday to prop up extremist right wing House incumbent Marilyn Musgrave, but in addition to the rally of selected Republican supporters, George W. Bush was met with another crowd that more accurately represented the mood of America today: A protest that included military veterans and civilians standing together against the war in Iraq.
200 people gathered to participate in the antiwar protest. Their stand, although ignored by their president, their senators, and their congresswoman, ought to be recognized gratefully by the rest of us.
Oh, darn. See, I read your headline to mean that Bush actually actively decided to meet with people who disagree with him. You know, like “he met with them, shook their hands, said everyone could agree to disagree,” and so on.
But, darn it, no, Bush just is pursuing his regular old Potemkin strategy of meeting with people who stroke his ego. What a waste of a presidency.
What’s even more profound is that even his one-time ardent supporters like Andrew Sullivan are now coming to the realization that he’s “become unhinged” about his Iraq fiasco – continuing to insist that it’s going well when it’s an obvious disaster. Sullivan quotes over at Juan Cole’s site “this is not an election anymore, it’s an intervention.”