Was just reading the current Newsweek coverage of Katrina and how Bush can save his ass. Saw this line (roughly) "Katrina has the potential to give Bush his own only-Nixon-could-go-to-China moment."
Oh for crap's sake.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
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Daisy Jane - Sep 15, 2005 1:56:46 pm PDT #7951 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Gus - Sep 15, 2005 2:09:55 pm PDT #7952 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
"Katrina has the potential to give Bush his own only-Nixon-could-go-to-China moment."
That is just obscene.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 15, 2005 2:12:59 pm PDT #7953 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
What would his version be? "Only Bush could flush a 3-century-old city that's withstood fire, plague, and war down the toilet?"
brenda m - Sep 15, 2005 2:16:34 pm PDT #7954 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Saw this line (roughly) "Katrina has the potential to give Bush his own only-Nixon-could-go-to-China moment."
That phrase, "only Nixon could go to China", only occurs in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, doesn't it? Has geekery permeated so far as to appear as standard references in major news weeklies? I'm feeling terribly pop-culture-knowing at the moment.
No, it's pretty much a poli-sci trope.
ETA: For those who aren't poli sci geeks, the general thrust is that while Democrats or internationalists in general might have wanted to re-open relations with China, it would have been political suicide. (Soft on communism, appeasers, yadda.) Nixon, with his history of being an all-round hard-ass, thus had a kind of "statement against interest" credibility that allowed him to do it - no one could ever accuse him of being soft, so if he's doing it, it must be critical.
If Bush were a very different man, and this had had a very different effect on him, it could be true. People have speculated about things like a New Deal style works program, etc., a chance to reverse course on the environmental ransacking we've all grown so attached to, etc., which DifferentBush might be able to push through a DifferentRepublicanParty in a way no Dem ever could. But he's not, and it won't.
vw bug - Sep 15, 2005 2:40:41 pm PDT #7955 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
DX, are you around?
Gus - Sep 15, 2005 3:00:09 pm PDT #7956 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
If Bush comes out ahead on Katrina ...
The really horrible thing is, he could.
DXMachina - Sep 15, 2005 3:07:38 pm PDT #7957 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I around, vw, turn on your IM.
Consuela - Sep 15, 2005 3:27:59 pm PDT #7958 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I'm kicking myself for booking a flight on Travelocity. The only non-stop I could find was out of SFO.
And then twenty minutes later I checked Jet Blue, and I coulda got a nonstop from Oakland (MUCH easier to deal with) for the same price and a slightly better time.
Pfeh.
Oh, and a beer truck caught fire on the Bay Bridge today. Yay?
Connie Neil - Sep 15, 2005 3:30:38 pm PDT #7959 of 10002
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The rest of the article says pretty much that Bush needs to get his head out of his butt and his butt out of his bunker and actually take charge and do something positive for realistic change, ie, do a 180 on his whole theory of governance, as Nixon, the Communist witch hunter, did with China. It's not approval of what he's doing now.
libkitty - Sep 15, 2005 3:32:18 pm PDT #7960 of 10002
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
If it makes you feel any better, I was looking into coming down in October. Over $600. Bah. We used to have two major airlines. Now we have one, which is not a good thing when you can only get out of town by air or boat.