Reply #12: W fails every test: Noblesse oblige, Southern Gent, Christian, ... [View All]

[Hekate]

...Compassionate conservative.

He could have played this so many ways and looked like a human being:

* Royalty would have sent out a basket of food and cool water for the poor suffering subject who lost her son in the king's war. Even if the king or duke or whoever didn't come out of his castle, the gesture would have been sympathetic. Bush fails the test of noblesse oblige.

* A true Southern Gentleman (and I think some Texans like to be courtly to their women even if not in the Deep South style) would have invited her to the front porch for a pitcher of iced tea, at the very least. Bush fails the test of traditional good manners to women.

* A good neighbor would have walked down to the end of his driveway to hear her out. He's not really a good neighbor, is he?

* A Christian would have felt her pain as his own and would have acted accordingly. Wouldn't have laughed at Karla Faye Tucker for saying she was born-again, either, but that just goes to character.

* A Compassionate Conservative -- oh, please, now I'm going to hurt myself laughing. A CC would point out that this is an all-volunteer army and the bereaved should just take their lumps and stop bellyaching.

Bush just fails and fails to get humanity, or even good manners, and so do his handlers.

The only thing I find surprising is how naked this failure is. I thought the cabal was cunning enough to at least try to fake interest in Cindy Sheehan's plight in an effort to defuse the situation.

Instead they have tried to ignore her, then smear her. But a lot of the media has caught on to this tactic ('bout time) and a lot of people are noticing how tone-deaf the Bushco statements continue to be. And more people are showing up in Crawford all the time.

Not good for Bushie, not good at all.

Hekate