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The Thing Political Figures Fear Most Is A Terror Event That Will Ruin Their Careers. The Biggest Thing They Fear Is That A Bomb Goes Off And It Can Be Traced To Something They Did Or Didn’t Do, An Action They Did Or Didn’t Support. They All Fear Being Accused Of Not Doing Enough To Keep The Citizenry Safe.

Mr. Bush Has Squandered The Hard-built Paternity Of 40 Years. But So Has The Party, And So Have Its Leaders. If They Had Pushed Away For Serious Reasons, They Could Have Separated The Party's Fortunes From The President's. This Would Have Left A Painfully Broken Party, But They Wouldn't Be Left With A Ruined Brand,- As They All Say, Speaking The Language Of Marketing. And They Speak That Language Because They Are Marketers, Not Thinkers. Not Serious About Policy. Not Serious About Ideas. And Not Serious About Leadership, Only Followership.

In The 1950s And '60s The [democrat] Party Included Many Obviously Earnest And Thoughtful Liberals Who Supported Goals That Were In Line With And Expressions Of Serious Beliefs. They Believed That America Was An Exceptional Country.

Humor Is The Shock Absorber Of Life; It Helps Us Take The Blows.

Beware The Politically Obsessed. They Are Often Bright And Interesting, But They Have Something Missing In Their Natures; There Is A Hole, An Empty Place, And They Use Politics To Fill It Up. It Leaves Them Somehow Misshapen.