Reply #40: Shakespeare never errs [View All]

[coeur_de_lion]

And neither do I, at least about Shakespeare. My mistakes are in other areas . . .

that parchment, being scribbled
o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings:
but I say, 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal
once to a thing, and I was never mine own man
since.

What do you think that bit means?

I don't have a scholarly interpretation to give you. But you know the saying "he who lives by the sword shall die by the sword."

I say, he who lives by Machiavellian maneuvers also dies by them. If Rove can ruin people by spreading lies about them, why can't others ruin him by saying the truth about him? If he chooses to have someone print a story that destroys a woman's career and the careers of her husband and colleagues, why shouldn't his own career be destroyed by such an act? And if in so doing he also jeopardized national security, why shouldn't he pay the consequences?

"I was never mine own man since." He has not been his own man since he started his career of lying and cheating Lord knows how many years ago. When did it start? And when will it end?

Somewhere along the line he made a pact with the Devil, and it will be his undoing one day. I still say that he was once a gifted public servant, and could have used his talents to do wonders for the American people. Instead he used them to ruin many, many people. This will catch up with him -- it is inevitable. Either we will get to see or we won't, but it will happen. I think it is already happening.