Monday, December 20, 2004
Person of the Whatever
by Tom Bozzo
Maybe he'll give himself the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for reframing the concept of freedom such that he could be deemed to have spread it somewhere in the world.
This issue will make an unusually quick trip to the recycling bin.
Addendum: Suzanne, reading the same story (below the fold on page A1 of the State Journal), noted the double-edged nature of the citation above.
From Time, via AP:
The magazine's editors recognized Bush "for sharpening the debate until the choices bled, for reframing reality to match his design, for gambling his fortunes — and ours — on his faith in the power of leadership."
Maybe he'll give himself the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for reframing the concept of freedom such that he could be deemed to have spread it somewhere in the world.
This issue will make an unusually quick trip to the recycling bin.
Addendum: Suzanne, reading the same story (below the fold on page A1 of the State Journal), noted the double-edged nature of the citation above.