GWB and J-Lo
Enough theology for awhile, let's get back to politics for at least a day or two...
My new thesis is that W is the J-Lo of the political world. I cannot remember a time when J-Lo was actually famous for something other than being famous. Everything she has touched has turned to caca, from movies to music to marriages to her "performance" at the Grammys. (Did she just learn Spanish that day?) Yet she acts like we should all support her and care about what she is doing as a "talented artist". The only people who think she is worth all the attention must be the people who tell her to keep dancing and singing and acting long after it is obvious she can only do the first one. When your world is encapsulated in your entourage, you are asking for trouble. After J-Lo's career is over, what are we going to remember her for? Two things: Ben and Gigli. Neither is a fond memory.
Last time I checked, W had not done much well either. I appreciated the way he rallied the country after 9-11, but then came Afghanistan and Iraq. Neither worked out as planned (if planned). Isn't the economy supposed to have taken off? And what about the record budget deficits? And the WMD in Iraq debacle? It seems that he, like J-Lo, has shown some promise at times only to be a tremendous disappointment later. But for some reason, we keep giving GWB and J-Lo the capital necessary to keep going. Do either of them learn from their mistakes? No. Just as J-Lo had "Shall We Dance", GWB is acting like he was the perfect first-term president.
His recent appointments of a new ambassador to the U.N. and a president of the World Bank are indicative of a man who has become captivated by his own entourage. John Bolton and Paul Wolfowitz represent the most controversial foreign policy views of his administration. And now they are in key positions to dictate US foreign policy for the next few years. I would not ask W to make drastic changes. He did win the election, after all. But if he does not show me that he can operate and think independently of his neo-conservative entourage, his legacy is going to die with them. And if you do think that the neo-con legacy is going to be short-lived, just watch the Middle East carefully and see how much gratitude we get for our "liberation" after our troops leave.
My new thesis is that W is the J-Lo of the political world. I cannot remember a time when J-Lo was actually famous for something other than being famous. Everything she has touched has turned to caca, from movies to music to marriages to her "performance" at the Grammys. (Did she just learn Spanish that day?) Yet she acts like we should all support her and care about what she is doing as a "talented artist". The only people who think she is worth all the attention must be the people who tell her to keep dancing and singing and acting long after it is obvious she can only do the first one. When your world is encapsulated in your entourage, you are asking for trouble. After J-Lo's career is over, what are we going to remember her for? Two things: Ben and Gigli. Neither is a fond memory.
Last time I checked, W had not done much well either. I appreciated the way he rallied the country after 9-11, but then came Afghanistan and Iraq. Neither worked out as planned (if planned). Isn't the economy supposed to have taken off? And what about the record budget deficits? And the WMD in Iraq debacle? It seems that he, like J-Lo, has shown some promise at times only to be a tremendous disappointment later. But for some reason, we keep giving GWB and J-Lo the capital necessary to keep going. Do either of them learn from their mistakes? No. Just as J-Lo had "Shall We Dance", GWB is acting like he was the perfect first-term president.
His recent appointments of a new ambassador to the U.N. and a president of the World Bank are indicative of a man who has become captivated by his own entourage. John Bolton and Paul Wolfowitz represent the most controversial foreign policy views of his administration. And now they are in key positions to dictate US foreign policy for the next few years. I would not ask W to make drastic changes. He did win the election, after all. But if he does not show me that he can operate and think independently of his neo-conservative entourage, his legacy is going to die with them. And if you do think that the neo-con legacy is going to be short-lived, just watch the Middle East carefully and see how much gratitude we get for our "liberation" after our troops leave.
posted by matt at 2:32 PM
3 Comments:
Your ripped on one of my favorite movies of the year....you calvinist!
My friend! It's good to see that you're still a pinko liberal! Keep up with the analysis of GWB - I need it. I hope that he can pull out of the Mideast without leaving the place completely destitute. Best wishes to him, and I hope that he's able to think through his policies well enough to be a stateman and not a fallout leader.
Sorry about the movie, Carly, but you owe me a new keyboard now. This one has puke all over it.
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